Weekly Poll: B&W in Camera or in Post-Processing?

[Jamesc359]

Always in post here, the control is far to superior for me to ignore. My favorite way to convert to B&W is using virtualPhotographer. I prefer monochrome images over a grey scale B&W. At times pure B&W seems almost un-natural to me. Second favorite way is of course the channel mixer or color decomposing.

[porterd2nz]

Since I've been shooting RAW, I do it both ways. In camera to give me access to the instant feedback on the LCD; and in photoshop using the re-saturated RAW file (actually, I'm now doing more of this in Lightroom as I become more proficient with using it's toolset and methods.

[Haeretik]

Originally Posted by porterd2nz

Since I've been shooting RAW, I do it both ways. In camera to give me access to the instant feedback on the LCD; and in photoshop using the re-saturated RAW file (actually, I'm now doing more of this in Lightroom as I become more proficient with using it's toolset and methods.

I've heard of Lightroom but haven't tried it yet - how does it differ from Photoshop?

Anyways I do post- as well... definitely more now that I have RAW images to play with...

[Marmalade]

I do all of mine in post.
When I was in high school photo class, way back when film was the only option, we had to shoot everything in b & w for the first two years then in year three we got to do color. I guess I compose all my shots if they were b & w. So my color skill kind of suck.
I also went through a oooooohhh b & w in camera phase. I got over it. I am trying to visualize more color shots but most of the pics I have framed at home are b & w.

[OhCaptain]

I always do B&W in post-production. Simple reason, I can always take the color out in post production, it's impossible to add color back that was never recorded.

[zemaria]

I have already done some b&w in camera (I have a D80, which makes wonderful b&w with lots of possible settings), but the fact is that PS CS3 makes better B&W than any camera I know and it is so easy that is well worth the aditional work.
If you do B&W on PS you still have the coloured version of the same picture, so why do it in camera? The only reason I did it was to test the camera.

Want to see an example?
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2364/...5da99861_o.jpg

ZM

[Olivier H]

I don't have the ability to do it in-camera, but if I did, I'm not sure I would want to go through the menus to switch to B/W, and maybe miss a shot oportunity.
So post prod always... And it gives me far much control over the conversion.

[windrider86]

Definalty in post!

[phouse]

Always post. Although I LOVE black and whites and the sepia tones, I usually want the picture in color as well.

[xxpinballxx]

when Im in the mood I shoot in RAW and B&W mode just so I can see it instantly and see if there is enough umph to make it a B&W but shooting in RAW allows me to keep the color info....