vegas747 Posted March 16, 2009 Share #1 Posted March 16, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi Guys, Have just bought D Lux 4 and am relatively new to photo processing. When I shoot in any of the cameras B&W modes the rwl files show up in colour (off colour at that!) in Capture One. I thought it maybe a preview thing, but processing in colour as well. What am I doing wrong? Many thanks in advance, Aidan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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miami91 Posted March 16, 2009 Share #2 Posted March 16, 2009 Hi Guys, Have just bought D Lux 4 and am relatively new to photo processing. When I shoot in any of the cameras B&W modes the rwl files show up in colour (off colour at that!) in Capture One. I thought it maybe a preview thing, but processing in colour as well. What am I doing wrong? Many thanks in advance, Aidan. Not sure why your color is off, but RAW files, far as I know, will always be in color. Because this is the image in its native form, without in-camera manipulation, its captured in color (the camera has a color sensor). B&W modes apply to JPG only. So if you want the camera's interpretation of B&W (ie, rather than do your B&W conversion from the RWL file in Photoshop, Capture One, Aperture or LR, etc.), you'll either want to shoot JPG only, or shoot the JPG/RAW combination and use the JPG. Jeff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ho_co Posted March 19, 2009 Share #3 Posted March 19, 2009 Aidan-- Welcome to the forum and to the D-Lux 4! Several people have mentioned the same thing you discovered. It's a rather odd choice by Panasonic IMHO. When you do a "STANDARD" black-and-white JPG, your RAW file will have normal coloration. But as I understand it, when you use either "DYNAMIC" or "SMOOTH" for black-and-white, the camera imposes a color filter in software to achieve the effect (more or less what we used to do with film, as well). The problem is that the D-Lux 4 imposes the software filter before writing to RAW. That's what you're seeing. So: 1) If you want a black-and-white JPG from the camera without compromising the RWL file, shoot "STANDARD" BW film mode only. 2) If you don't need to have a JPG immediately, you can choose to shoot RAW and later convert. Either way, you'll use your image processing software to get your final images. That's actually more versatile because your computer has a lot more flexibility than the algorithms built into the camera. Shooting RWL is the most versatile because it saves the most data, giving you a much wider range of options when you want to tweak the image. I hope that helps! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
primrose Posted March 19, 2009 Share #4 Posted March 19, 2009 How do I attach an image ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
miami91 Posted March 19, 2009 Share #5 Posted March 19, 2009 How do I attach an image ? See Brian's excellent instructions: http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/2341-posting-multiple-images-threads.html And another thing: make sure you're posting in the photo forums, that is unless you're posting to illustrate a technical point, show off accessories or gear, etc. You'll get much more attention (and comments) on your photos for their technical or aesthetic virtue if you use the photo forums. http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/photo-forum/ Jeff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegas747 Posted March 23, 2009 Author Share #6 Posted March 23, 2009 Hey guys only getting to reply now, thank you for the information, I'll take it on board! Thanks again, Aidan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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