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04/05/2002 05:59:02 AM · #1 |
Hiyah
was there ever a final decision made about this? Reason I ask is I have a camera that does not have a bw mode but would like to submit some stuff in bw.
THANKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
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04/05/2002 12:40:55 PM · #2 |
Originally posted by magnetic9999:
was there ever a final decision made about this? Reason I ask is I have a camera that does not have a bw mode but would like to submit some stuff in bw.
We're not ignoring you, we're just still coming to a decision.
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04/05/2002 01:03:57 PM · #3 |
Why not put it to the vote if this is possible? - would only be fair if ever a B&W/monochrome challenge was set.
Vin
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04/05/2002 08:58:02 PM · #4 |
I've already put in about a buck seventy-five, but here's another .02. Since there are so many ways to convert to B/W in software relative to just using the B/W setting on the camera, and that seems to be a problem for some folks, why not limit the conversion to a mode change to grayscale - no channel mixer, lab lighness mode, etc.?
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04/05/2002 10:48:07 PM · #5 |
I can't see why converting to black and white via software would be a problem.
If some digital cameras won't make the photo in black and white, then why not? I, personally, prefer to take all of my photos in color and them make them black and white so I can have them in both formats. I have never used the camera to make a black and white image. I always do the conversion via software. I do the same thing when I want a sepia image because I don't always like the camera's interpretation of color. I have actually salvaged some otherwise bad photos by converting them to black and white. I'm sure that everyone in here has had light temperature problems shooting indoors with incandescent lighting. PhotoShop does a decent job of correcting this but sometimes it is pointless.
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04/05/2002 11:03:28 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by jmsetzler:
I'm sure that everyone in here has had light temperature problems shooting indoors with incandescent lighting
Until I came here and had to take the time to learn what I was doing wrong with my camera. I'm now experimenting with changing white balance for shots based on circumstance. It's actually teaching me a lot about contrast, exposure, and how to do effects without filters because the white balance is not automatic. For instance, this evening I was playing with white balance and set it against a VERY bright white card instead of the "normal" 18% grey type. I then took a close up shot of a speaker with flash, and the white balance settings gave the grey speaker a very blue tone, WITHOUT A FILTER!! If you read up on color theory and filter usage, you'll find there are ways to counteract both incandescent and tungsten lighting by using filters while shooting. I'm just in the beginning of understanding this, so please ask for an explanation in a week or so after I have it down... =)
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04/05/2002 11:46:42 PM · #7 |
You can use the manual white balance setting as a quick and dirty in-camera hue-changing effect, point it at colored paper sometime! Take that, film cameras!
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