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In message <(E-Mail Removed)>, bo
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 09:42:34 +0000, Swansea Jack
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>I'm looking for some advice as im just getting into photography, but
>>at the moment only have a simple point and shoot camera.
>>
>>If I'm looking to take b&w photos is it better to use b&w mode or take
>>them in colour and use a paint shop / photoshop to 'remove' the
>>colour?
>>
>>thanks
>>
>>SJ
>
>thanks for all the replies guys and im sorry if it turned into any
>sort of argument - that wasnt my intention !!
>
>unfortunately i just dont have the money to buy any other camera at
>the moment, i would dearly love to get a DSLR but that will have to
>wait.
>
>i should have put that i use s fuji f100fd - its a point a click
>camera but it came with an underwater house i can use while diving.
>
>i think i will go with the advice given and just take a load of photos
>in colour and then the same in black and white and see which i prefer.
>i have access to photoshop so i can always play around with the
>settings.
>
>thanks again for the advice given.
>
>SJ

My advice is to take colour only, and play around with the different
ways Photoshop has of converting to B&W. The channel mixer usually
works best for me, but there are lots of other ways. If you let the
camera convert to B&W it only has one way of doing it.

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Surfer!

Surfer! <surfer@127.0.0.1> wrote:

> In message <(E-Mail Removed)>, bo
> <(E-Mail Removed)> writes
> >On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 09:42:34 +0000, Swansea Jack
> ><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >
> >>Hi all,
> >>
> >>I'm looking for some advice as im just getting into photography, but
> >>at the moment only have a simple point and shoot camera.
> >>
> >>If I'm looking to take b&w photos is it better to use b&w mode or take
> >>them in colour and use a paint shop / photoshop to 'remove' the
> >>colour?
> >>
> >>thanks
> >>
> >>SJ
> >
> >thanks for all the replies guys and im sorry if it turned into any
> >sort of argument - that wasnt my intention !!
> >
> >unfortunately i just dont have the money to buy any other camera at
> >the moment, i would dearly love to get a DSLR but that will have to
> >wait.
> >
> >i should have put that i use s fuji f100fd - its a point a click
> >camera but it came with an underwater house i can use while diving.
> >
> >i think i will go with the advice given and just take a load of photos
> >in colour and then the same in black and white and see which i prefer.
> >i have access to photoshop so i can always play around with the
> >settings.
> >
> >thanks again for the advice given.
> >
> >SJ
>
> My advice is to take colour only, and play around with the different
> ways Photoshop has of converting to B&W. The channel mixer usually
> works best for me, but there are lots of other ways. If you let the
> camera convert to B&W it only has one way of doing it.

I agree, cuz the world isn't B&W so either we do the converting or letting
the camera doing the converting. If someone wants to cry about B&W FILM
then I would say it's pretty much the same thing, the photographer and lens
see life in color, then converting into B&W by the chemical of the film.