Sony a500 B&W Mode

[personal photos]

<p>I just used the in camera b&w mode for the first time and when I imported the images into lightroom 3 it changed them to color. I'm not sure why, is there a setting iam missing or is that just the way the image is stored?</p>

[gregory_king1]

<p>Not necessarily related, but I scanned some B/W photos (in B/W mode) and LR imported them with a color hue like sepia. I left it that way rather than "reminding" LR that they were B/W.<br>

Odd that any color information existed in the TIFF file.</p>

[personal photos]

<p>I should have included that i am shooting in raw. </p>

[gregory_king1]

<p>Aha. B/W mode has no effect on raw files. RAW is color. Unless you remove the Bayer filter. ;)</p>

[personal photos]

<p>that what i ws thinking - just wasn't positive</p>

[lintrathen]

<p>Hi Guys........ interesting thread.......... could I pose this question for your thoughts?<br>

If one takes the RAW+Jpg option, will the Jpg image be in B&W (accepting that the RAW will be in colour)?<br>

Regards</p>

[phule]

<p>[[if one takes the RAW+Jpg option, will the Jpg image be in B&W (accepting that the RAW will be in colour)?]]</p>

<p>Yes, the JPG is created based on the in-camera settings. So if your settings are B&W then the JPG will be B&W.</p>

<p>With respect to RAW files: The software that comes with the camera will often respect the in-camera settings for display purposes. For example, as a Canon shooter, if I select B&W mode, then Canon's supplied Digital Photo Professional software will open the RAW files and "show" them as B&W even though they are full color images. I can change from B&W to any of the other color modes and back again at will with no-impact to the RAW image.</p>

<p>I'm assuming this is the same with Sony's supplied software. Lightroom, however, (being third party), does not. </p>

[lintrathen]

<p>Thanks Rob........... I'm still getting my mind around RAW and as a Mature citizen, that takes a while..(smiles).<br>

Best regards</p>