GrainyBITS
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Reged: 13/07/2006
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Loc: Dublin, Ireland
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Hi folks,
I'm very happy with my K10 and can convert images to B&W using DPOF button, or on PC etc.
But does anyone know how to make a K10 take and display images in B&W i.e. when shutter is pressed the preview image comes up in B&W?
I've played with the modes, read the manual (a first) and can't see how to set K10 to a B&W only mode.
Any ideas - or confirmation I'm barking up wrong tree would be greatly appreciated.
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Dave_Cox
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Reged: 12/07/2006
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Loc: somewhere in Sussex
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I must admit I've never looked for it. I'd always do the conversion in PS, just in case the pic looked good in colour as well!
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john_g
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Reged: 09/05/2007
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Loc: Surrey
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I'm not aware that you can but, given how much tonal control it's possible to exercise when doing conversions on your computer, why would you want to? Recent AP articles have shown that computer conversion is better than camera conversion and is, in my experience, far more flexible. So why try to do something that actually limits your options?
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GrainyBITS
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Reged: 13/07/2006
Posts: 9
Loc: Dublin, Ireland
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Hi John,
Concur on quality and options, and I know how to batch convert etc..
I'm way out of practice with B&W, finding it difficult to 'see' through colour to greyscale.
So I wanted to shoot lots of B&W on K10 without going thru' PC or DPOF button.
Spending much of my working day on PC, I was hoping for a break. Judging from feedback there's no way to see B&W on K10 without going thru' DPOF.
Thank you for your help.
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Rgds
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johnriley1uk
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Reged: 08/06/2006
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You're barking slightly up the wrong tree. The K10D shoots in colour and there is no BW capture mode. However, there are digital filters that you can apply to a shot you have already taken and you can create a BW or sepia image in camera. It is saved as a new file, leaving the original colour shot unchanged.
BW conversion is really better done in Photoshop's Channel Mixer.
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Monobod
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Or using camera raw in CS3.
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stephentaylor
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Reged: 02/07/2007
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What about a black & white filter?
Steve
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Monobod
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Quote:
What about a black & white filter?
Steve
Do you mean an external one that screws onto a lens? I don't think such an animal exists?? Not one that converts colour to greyscales.
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Edited by Monobod (16/07/2008 22:55)
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johnriley1uk
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Mono filters were used in cinematography for holding in front of a scene and rendering it in an approximation of black and white. This aided film makers who were shooting black and white movie film.
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john_g
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Personally, I think the answer to not being able to 'see' in black and white is just to take lots of different pictures and convert these to mono on the computer, playing around with the diferent conversion settings, gradually gaining in skill and knowledge and, in the process, getting your brain to learn how to see in mono.
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