Nikon D50

[pontifex]

Anyone know if there is a way to make the D50 shoot in B&W instead of color?

 

[996GT2]

A lot of people shoot in color, and then post-process in Photoshop to black and white because that way you can still keep the color image should you want it.

 

[xanis]

I don't know of any way to change the shooting mode to B&W, but personally, I shoot in color and then convert it to B&W in PS when I post-process. Hopefully you're shooting in RAW so you can just move the saturation slider to zero and be done. If not, however, you can do Image > Adjustments > Black and White, or just desaturate. I recommend the former though because it usually looks better (at least to me).

 

[troytime]

Originally posted by: Xanis
I don't know of any way to change the shooting mode to B&W, but personally, I shoot in color and then convert it to B&W in PS when I post-process. Hopefully you're shooting in RAW so you can just move the saturation slider to zero and be done. If not, however, you can do Image > Adjustments > Black and White, or just desaturate. I recommend the former though because it usually looks better (at least to me).

there are MUCH better ways to convert to B&W.
please see Odin's awesome tutorial

 

[jmagg]

The D50 doesn't shoot in black and white.

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: jmagg
The D50 doesn't shoot in black and white.

Incorrect; if you're shooting JPEG, you can adjust the picture control to shoot B&W only. All color information in the JPEGs is discarded.

But if you shoot RAW, the B&W picture control is merely appended onto the full color RAW file. If you read the RAW file with Nikon Capture or View, it will display the picture in B&W, but you can also change the picture control in the program and bring back the color information.

 

[virtuamike]

Convert during post processing. So much more control. Control == good.