B&W profile with color filter

[cococard]

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Quick question as an experiment,

 

If one switches the Q2 into a B&W profile and fits a color filter to the lens, do you have the same effect as a monochrome camera?

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[Anakronox]

No.  Seriously don’t do that.  It’s not the same effect and you’ll only be reducing your overall EV, requiring compensation and introducing a color cast to the raws.  If you want to use color filters, use a Monochrom or use the mono conversion sliders in your raw editor. 

[jaapv]

12 hours ago, cococard said:

Quick question as an experiment,

 

If one switches the Q2 into a B&W profile and fits a color filter to the lens, do you have the same effect as a monochrome camera?

It does work in a way, but you will increase noise and reduce image quality. As you are shooting in colour anyway (just showing B&W by software) you get better results and more flexibility by applying virtual filters in postprocessing.