Can a camera take a B&W photo and yet be a RAW image?

12 years 9 months ago #120277 by Number 7
I was just looking at some of the B&W shots here. So if you have your camera set to take photos in B&W, will the image be considered a RAW file still or JPG?


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12 years 9 months ago #120281 by Henry Peach
The raw file will still have the color information, but if your display/processing software will read the attached processing instructions it will appear BW.
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12 years 9 months ago #120284 by Shadowfixer1
When you shoot RAW with the camera set to black and white, the RAW file still contains all the information as if it was shot in color. The software you use to process it will pick up the fact that you had it set to black and white and will process it as such. You can disable the camera settings in the processing software and you will have a color image. Not all software will recognize and apply the camera settings, so the image will show up as color even though you had it set to black and white. This is the best way to help visualize shooting black and white. You see it on the camera, but you can open the RAW as a color image and convert it to black and white anyway you want.
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12 years 9 months ago #120301 by MLKstudios
The irony is a CCD or CMOS chip can only see light and dark (B&W). The color info is supplied by filtering each photo-site, then processed into the image.

To make it B&W again, you need to undo what the processor did.

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12 years 9 months ago #120306 by Kevinallway
How do you know that raw is still in color when you shoot in B&W?


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12 years 9 months ago #120310 by Shadowfixer1
RAW files contain all the information the camera gathers regardless of your in camera settings. That's what RAW is.
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12 years 9 months ago #120313 by Henry Peach

Kevinallway wrote: How do you know that raw is still in color when you shoot in B&W?


I trust the camera manufacturers when they tell me it's so. Also every time I've checked in a raw processor it has been true.

There are some articles out there about folks who have removed the Bayer Array to create a dedicated BW digital camera.
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12 years 9 months ago #120314 by Nikonjan
I prefer to shoot my photos RAW and in color and then change to B&W in Photoshop or Nik Silver to control the look and at least you have the color if you want it.

www.betterphoto.com?nikonjan
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12 years 9 months ago #120540 by Kenya See

Nikonjan wrote: I prefer to shoot my photos RAW and in color and then change to B&W in Photoshop or Nik Silver to control the look and at least you have the color if you want it.


Same here, easier to see what I'm working with


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12 years 9 months ago #120551 by Henry Peach

MLKstudios wrote: The irony is a CCD or CMOS chip can only see light and dark (B&W). The color info is supplied by filtering each photo-site, then processed into the image.


Similar to color film: 3+ layers of filtered BW.
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