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04/09/2004 10:56:31 AM · #1 |
Is there any advantage to shooting in B+W on my Canon A80 (or to using any other of the colouring effects eg: Vivid, Sepia, Neutral etc), as opposed to shooting in the default colour and changing everything later in photoshop?
Will I get a better defined B+W / Sepia image if I use the cameras B+W / Sepia setting?
Do all Digital Cameras automatically shoot in RAW mode? Can I extract this from the camera using photoshop? (I've tried but failed, maybe my A80 saves everything as a JPEG) |
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04/09/2004 11:04:01 AM · #2 |
Good question. I would say do an experiment on different subject matter.
See if the in-camera b&w or other comes out any differently than it does in post processing.
Will you post thumbnails or links here if you do?
My camera does not shoot in RAW... I think RAW is relatively new in consumer and prosumer level cameras. (shrug)
Are you sure you have RAW? Does it say so? Mine does TIFF and jpg. |
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04/09/2004 11:29:14 AM · #3 |
I am not really sure but i think a80 shoots everything in jpeg not in raw.
As far as the color settings, it really depends , i shoot without color setting but when i want to show a a dull subject in more vivid mode i use vivid mode.
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04/09/2004 11:35:24 AM · #4 |
| As far as I remember, cameras capture 256 levels of light in the red, green and blue channels (each). When you have 256*256*256 different permutations per pixel, that's a lot of versatility. If your camera captures b&w by using 256 bits in only 1 channel, you're throwing a lot of information away. This is why in Photoshop it's a really bad idea to use 'desaturate' or to desaturate using the 'Hue/Saturation' dialogue box. Use the channel mixer instead and you'll keep the extra information. You'll notice the difference if you start applying levels and curves modifications after desaturating. |
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04/09/2004 11:49:36 AM · #5 |
i agree with the above. i much prefer to shoot in color and edit later. now my cam doesn't even give me a choice! :)
with my 7i i would occasionally shoot in b/w or color mode (simulated filters) and found that the contrast and depth of the images was lacking.
but maybe that's just me...
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04/09/2004 11:55:04 AM · #6 |
Always shoot in color and convert to b&w later.
I don't think it would make a difference if you had taken it in b&w using the camera though.
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04/09/2004 12:00:17 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by BobsterLobster:
This is why in Photoshop it's a really bad idea to use 'desaturate' or to desaturate using the 'Hue/Saturation' dialogue box. Use the channel mixer instead and you'll keep the extra information. You'll notice the difference if you start applying levels and curves modifications after desaturating. |
I've noticed this effect of losing extra information. I was using the Hue/Saturation tool, but now I will try the channel mixer instead. Thanks, I am not that familiar with Photoshop yet. Learn something new everyday! LOL |
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