Nikon D90....technical help!

[brittanylee]

I just got a brand new Nikon D90...ive been reading through the user manual for the past few days and still cannot figure out the answer that ive been struggling with! maybe someone can help me!

is their anyway that i can shoot in black in white or sepia insted of going back and editing after they were taken on my camera? i now it was saying i need to format my memory stick....but their is no button i can click to shoot in back and white? for instance if i wanted to shoot everything in a red tone....how would i go about doing that....or do i have to take the picture and then go and edit it on my camera?

[scootermcq]

Originally Posted by brittanylee

I just got a brand new Nikon D90...ive been reading through the user manual for the past few days and still cannot figure out the answer that ive been struggling with! maybe someone can help me!

is their anyway that i can shoot in black in white or sepia insted of going back and editing after they were taken on my camera? i now it was saying i need to format my memory stick....but their is no button i can click to shoot in back and white? for instance if i wanted to shoot everything in a red tone....how would i go about doing that....or do i have to take the picture and then go and edit it on my camera?

You can, I don't have my camera in front of me to tell you which menu to go into. There isn't a button, but you can choose that in a menu. You could also adjust the color chanels to get the effect you are after. The reason I can't tell you off top is that I have never done it. It is generally recommended to shoot in colour and adjust on the computer. You will get better results.

[brittanylee]

scott thank you so much for your help it was very useful! i usually do edit them on my laptop....but im traveling and wont have enough time....so im trying to do everything on my camera. i switched cameras....and now im trying to learn the nikon set up!!

[PowerPix]

I'm not too familiar with Nikon, but it should be:

Shooting menu >
Set Picture Control >
Monochrome >

....or something like that.

[brittanylee]

awesome website btw....i just checked it out!

[brittanylee]

yea i just switched cameras....and im using a nikon now! very different! i tried that....but it doesnt stay in the black and white setting!

[PowerPix]

Ahhh. Are you meaning that it is just not keeping the setting when you turn off the camera, or it just won't shoot and save in mono?

Nikon has some weird "retouch" thing where it will save the monochrome mode which you can apply later and have saved as a separate file. So you can keep the color original, but also have an exact monochrome.

[brittanylee]

yea its really weird! do you use a nikon?

[IABoomer]

Nikon D90 Review: 11. Menus: Digital Photography Review

Flickr: Discussing picture control - monochrome in Nikon D90

I'm under the impression if you shoot in RAW, the preview the camera shows you will be B&W, but the actual RAW image will still have all the color info in case you decide you want to use color or convert to B&W differently.

If you're shooting JPEG, however, then the camera will do the conversion and the color info will be gone. If you've got the space on your camera card, you might want to shoot RAW+JPEG so you can have created JPEGs that might work for your purposes, but have RAWs in case something needs tweaked.

[Jim Poor]

If you shoot RAW in B&W mode, you get the best of both worlds. You see the B&W preview on the back, but can change your mind and go back to color after you get them on your machine.

To more directly answer your question, I think pg110-112 in your manual may be a good place to start.