Saturday, April 9, 2011

Tip of the day: Displaying and Reviewing in B&W

If it's a good picture in B&W, then it's a good picture.

I've gotten into the habit of displaying and reviewing most of my images in monochrome. Most cameras have this function. You still shoot RAW but you display in B&W. This is particularly useful to analyze light. By removing the color aspect of the image, you simplify it down to luminosity.

This allows me to focus on the lighting and see images more clearly for what they are. Try it :)

7 comments:

  1. Nikon D700 doesn't have this feature.

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  2. Pretty sure it does :)

    I think it's...

    Menu>Shooting>Picture Control>Monochrome

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  3. So long as I'm shooting in raw, it won't affect what i'm recording?

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  4. Hi Kevin,

    Yup. It won't affect your RAW image. It just shows you a monochrome image :)

    Charles

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  5. Does canon have this feature?

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  6. Canon (well my 7D) does its under picture style.
    Thanks Mr Lucima for a great tip - I surely give it a try. Tx Justin

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  7. Hi Charles,
    thank for this information, it all have sense and I can already see how this can improve my lighting ( to better see and analyze ).
    Rudy

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