black and white

[Kmdr Kabog]

Inquiry

Can I shoot Black and White with my Digicam? How?

Is Sephia mode Black and White?

Im using cybershot 3.2mp Sony.



This Photo Ive got last year in Bantayan the setting is not Sephia but I lowered the ISO
and this is the result. I does look like black and white

[img width=500 height=375]http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/Kabogz27/DSC00690.jpg[/img]

[adjong]

no Kmdr Kabog its not b&w. the sky is blue and the foreground is reddish brown. its not even sepia.

most compact digicams comes with an effects tab: vivid, neutral, low sharpening, black n white, sepia, etc, depende sa cam. ive used a canon s2 (a compact) and created the images you see at the start of this thread. trytry lang imo cam

great black and white images doesnt end sa kuha sa cam - any cam. it must be processed and adjusted so you have a continous tone of grey, good contrast and depth. sepia is black and white with a brownish tint

[Kmdr Kabog]

OK thanks Sir
I will try to make some adjustments test.

[agoroy]

[agoroy]

trying to mimic film grains.

[Ian]

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[Kmdr Kabog]

Nice Black and white

They said If your good in these kinds of picture. Your a good photographer

[agoroy]

si april ning subject?

[Ian]

OT
agoroy, nope..thats my wife boss.

Kmdr Kabog, thanks boss.

[sister maria]

the way i understood it, b/w films are quite sensitive to the blue end of the (light) spectrum. i have always wondered about the b/w modes in digital and their behaviour as opposed to direct approach of the film (ie., light). are all digital cameras bound to produce panchromatic-like results? if so, then -- for the lack of a better word -- it sucks.

my hubby just gave me one of his d-slr (he's a film dinosaur savant) and i want to shoot in b/w but without the boringly flat, drama-lacking sharpness and extremely ridiculous loss-of-detail contrasts (or the opposite foggy atmospheric lightness) that d-b/w modes produce.

i have read some french photo issue about digital b/w modes and how pro's don't usually use it. instead they shoot in colour, post-process the shot in photoshop using channel mixing processes thereby emulating different b/w film characteristics, like mimicing silver process films.

so boys, i don't really want to dabble and spend much time in post-processing (lacks the necessary p-shop skills), is there, or are there any quick short-cuts like existing filters where i could just emulate a b/w film-process with a click of a mouse or two? are there any special software b/w-emulation applications out there? does d-slrs come with rgb channel filters in b/w mode that i can program myself just to avoid digital post-processing?

little girl wants to know. thank you.



/cross-posted in digital photography