Shooting RAW in color or B&W?

[kittenbreath]

If you know you are looking to take black and white pictures as a final product, should you use the b&w setting in your camera or shoot and color and remove the color in post-processing? I shoot in RAW format.

 

[hrry]

Shoot colour, you will have more control in post then.

 

[leixialong]

I would second that as you can always convert in post.

 

[ann]

more options as well.

 

[Josh66]

If you shoot RAW, it's color by default.

You may still be able to select B&W, but that just means that the LCD previews will be in B&W. If that's something you want, do that.

 

[TheBiles]

I just shoot in B&W so I can see the preview.


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[nickzou]

Shoot in B&W, the colour data will still be there once you get it onto your computer.

 

[tirediron]

You're always shooting in colour, your camera has an RGB sensor. If you're shooting in .jpg, the camera is simply applying internal processing to give you a monochrome image. I always recommend doing conversions in post, as it gives far more control over the image.

 

[Josh66]

If you're shooting in RAW (and you'll have the color image to work with either way), selecting B&W just so you get B&W previews on the LCD could still be useful. I wouldn't necessarily use the in camera processed B&W images (do your own conversion in post), but the LCD preview should at least help in making sure you have the exposure/contrast you want.