Is it possible to take B&W pictures with a Canon Rebel EOS 400D?

[asiel_al_aas]

Im new to the whole slr systems and my canon rebel 400D is my firts slr and was

wondering how can i take pictures in b&w without photoshop or any software

[leopoldstotch]

Use the picture styles. Its in the menu.

[leopoldstotch]

To elaborate, choose the "monochrome" picture style for B&W.

[asiel_al_aas]

wow that was simple, thank you so much for the help.

[stillbound]

but the real question is "why?"

 

You are throwing away info for no reason

[zigzag]

Or you can always take (JPEG) pictures in colour and then later on your computer you can make them B&W. This means you always get both options. A free editor such as Google's Picasa will allow you to do things like:<br>

1. Convert to B&W<br>

2. Convert to a particular tone (e.g. Sepia tone)<br>

3. Enhance photos for exposures, contrast, etc, etc.

[mendel_leisk]

To Joseph, you can shoot raw format and set picture style to "monochrome". The raw retains the full color info, nothing is really changed, except *certain* software (Canon's Digital Photo Pro might be the beginning and end of the list) recognize that "style", and default to presenting the image in monochrome. You can play around with "black and white" filters in DPP.

 

The camera's lcd display also shows the image in black and white if the style is set to monochrome, which is kind of cool.

 

So you're not throwing away anything, but it really is pure smoke-and-mirrors, kind of like setting a certain printing dpi tag.

[asiel_al_aas]

thanks for the suggestions they have been really helpful

[gerrymorgan]

But see <a href="http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00Mm5T">this thread</a> for a discussion of why you would be much better off shooting in colour and using software to convert to monochrome in post-processing.

[KenPapai]

Is it posible your 400D did not come with a manual? Besides being given the trivial, kindergarten level answers, you should read your manual... please.