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peterg22
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Reged: 28/08/2005
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Loc: Surrey, UK

Shooting in mono, or convert to mono

#531807 - 27/08/2007 22:38

Dear fellow mono-ers,

A recent trip to Prague during which I visited several very interesting photographic exhibitions left me thinking that the only way to capture the mood of this fine city is to shoot it in B&W/mono, on film. The visit to the Kafka exhibition was the deciding factor..

So now I have a dilemma: I'm hauling my Bronica ETRSi over there at Xmas to do exactly that, but as I also visit several times a year with a digital camera, is it best to shoot in colour and convert to mono on the desktop, or use the camera's (Nikon D200) own in-built mono mode? What do I gain or lose by not doing so?

FYI I use Irfanview to post-process my images: it does almost everything I need and is free, so no PhotoShop answers please

TIA!

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Woolliscroft
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Reged: 23/08/2005
Posts: 1253

Re: Shooting in mono, or convert to mono

[Re: peterg22]
#531902 - 28/08/2007 10:28

With digits it's best to shoot in colour and covert later. That way you keep all your options open. You have a colour image if that turns out to be useful and you also have complete control over the way you do the B&W conversion, rather than just using the camera's set routine. In effect this allows you to mimic the effect of colour filters used with B&W on a film camera, but with more subtle gradations. That said, I too prefer the general look of B&W film.

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David.

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