Hi Joe ... No. Not when shooting in a color mode. Godfrey is correct in suggesting that the best way to "shoot" B&W on a digital camera that doesn't offer a B&W mode is to make the corrections in post processing. The problem with using post processing techniques is that the results don't follow the way real B&W film behaves, so colors and tonality are conbverted arbitrarily, IOW, how you want them to look not necessarily the way B&W film would record them. That, in and of itself, is not a bad thing, depending on the result you want. However, it requires that you become familiar with a number of techniques so you can decide which will provide the results you desire.
There's a great - if somewhat spendy - plug-in available from the Imaging Factory that gives a great deal of control and which emulates a number of B&W emulsions and a variety of contrast filters very easily and simply. I've used it a few times and hvae been very happy with the results. A few people on the list were also impressed with the results. You might want to take a look and give the 30 day free trial a spin. It's a small download, too. http://www.theimagingfactory.com/download/ Choose whatever your OS is, and then download Pro Tools / ConvertToB&WPro Finally, from what I've seen using three different digi cameras, even if you're shooting in B&W mode, the filters don't seem to work quite the same as when shooting film. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 8/25/2005 6:49:28 PM > Subject: B&W On A DSLR > > Let's say you shoot on a Pentax DSLR, with the intention at the start of > converting the image to grayscale. You shoot with a red or yellow or > green filter, with the final B&W image in mind. One shoots in Raw. After > converting to TIFF, then converting to grayscale, will the effect of, > say, a red filter still be present in the image? Or will the white > balance just correct for it at the time the image is shot? > > If the answer is that the effect of the filter will be corrected by > white balance, then much of my interest in ever doing digital B&W > photography disappears. > > Joe
