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Canon 400D help

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  • 10-09-2007 11:26am
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    brookster
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    Okay I finally got my grubby mits on a canon 400D c/w 50mm & 70-300 lens,
    I am new to this camera and one little thing is bugging me, it is not a huge concern but can you shoot black & white in Auto mode. If so how do you do so.


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    Karoma
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    You simply cannot, as far as I see.

    Why would you want to? Shoot in colour and change to B&W on a computer (At least you then have choice).


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    helios
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    Karoma wrote:
    You simply cannot, as far as I see.

    Why would you want to? Shoot in colour and change to B&W on a computer (At least you then have choice).


    You can if you shoot in 'P', just choose monochrome. It's a good idea to shoot in color and then convert on the PC later, but I've actually found that if you shoot B&W in RAW, the photo will be in color when you transfer it to the PC... weird....


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    Karoma
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    helios wrote:
    You can if you shoot in 'P', just choose monochrome.
    They said AUTO. *kicks a stone :)

    It's a good idea to shoot in color and then convert on the PC later, but I've actually found that if you shoot B&W in RAW, the photo will be in color when you transfer it to the PC... weird....
    Not for me. What way are you transferring?


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    helios
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    Karoma wrote:
    They said AUTO. *kicks a stone :)



    Not for me. What way are you transferring?

    Just putting the CF into a reader... nothing special


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    DadaKopf
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    Karoma wrote:
    They said AUTO. *kicks a stone :)



    Not for me. What way are you transferring?
    RAW means all the pure data is recorded as it hits the CCD.

    You can flick between colour modes/temperatures in RAW editor. So, in effect, RAW pictures are recorded in colour, then the editor remembers this setting and displays in B&W, but you can flick to colour any time.

    If you shoot in JPG mode, it's a different story.


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