Graafber Posted March 11, 2015 Share #1 Posted March 11, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) Most of the time I am taking pictures in color and in raw, afterwards I change them towards B&W with lightroom. I am making use of Leica M 240 and Leica X type 113. But both cameras has also a possibility to take pictures in black and white. I have no experience with this. What is your opinion the best and whY? - take raw photos and transfer it to B&W with Lightroom or make use of the B&W filter in the camera? Curious what you all think about this!? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sanyasi Posted March 11, 2015 Share #2 Posted March 11, 2015 I am unfamiliar with the X camera, but in the case of the 240 and I assume in the case of the X the option to take in B & W is not RAW, but a jpg file. Given that fact, I would be inclined to stick to RAW, and convert because the RAW file gives you more control over the conversion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted March 11, 2015 Share #3 Posted March 11, 2015 Most of the time I am taking pictures in color and in raw, afterwards I change them towards B&W with lightroom. I am making use of Leica M 240 and Leica X type 113. But both cameras has also a possibility to take pictures in black and white. I have no experience with this. What is your opinion the best and whY? - take raw photos and transfer it to B&W with Lightroom or make use of the B&W filter in the camera? Curious what you all think about this!? Just try it out - shoot raw+B&W JPG and compare results... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted March 11, 2015 Share #4 Posted March 11, 2015 Basically, Raw files will always have greater potential for optimum image and tonal quality than in-camera filtered Jpegs. What you are judging is your post-processing skills versus the camera. With a little learning it is possible to produce excellent monochrome pictures from Raw. Once you add in a plug-in filter like Nik Silver Efex Pro 2, you could be amazed. But don't just leap into that method before you have worked within LR. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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