Digital BW, The Print

Big help Jim and Denis.  Thanks very much.

Linda

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "the_des_bois" 
<thedesbois@...> wrote:
>
> Cannot disagree with Jim.
> 
> There are numerous ways of converting an RGB (color) file to B&W in
> Photoshop. Everyone has their own preferred way.
> 
> A good place to start is
> http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/article_pages/intro-digital-
black-and-white.html
> 
> There are a huge number of articles and blogs about it on the web.
> 
> As for in camera conversion, if you shoot JPGs you're stuck with the
> settings you chose. I shoot Canon but I assume Nikon is similar. 
What
> I now do is shoot RAW while leaving the camera setting to B/W. So I
> can see what it might look like in B/W right there in the field. 
When
> I convert the RAW file, it starts with a color image that I then 
more
> precisely convert to my tastes using either Ligthroom or Photoshop.
> 
> I hope this can help you a bit,
> 
> Denis
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Jim Goshorn
> <jgoshorn@> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > On Oct 19, 2007, at 10:54 PM, Linda McCarthy wrote:
> > 
> > > I understand there are two methods of shooting B&W with my 
camera- a
> > > Nikon D80; either by selecting the B&W option in the optimize 
image
> > > menu before shooting, or by converting already-shot color 
photos using
> > > the monochrome function in the retouch menu.  Have any of you
> > > experienced one as being the better choice over the other?
> > 
> > Always choose to do the conversion yourself because doing it 
through  
> > the camera uses the manufacturer's method and doing it yourself  
> > offers you multiple ways of converting.
> > 
> > Jim
> >
>