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1. Re: Photos taken in B&W but LR switches them to color
KulorDS Jan 10, 2011 7:20 PM (in response to KulorDS)So I answered my own question--basically, LR is only quickly displaying the raw preview before switching back to RAW. Is there any way to load from the settings that are on the 5Dmk2 Monochromatic mode? Converting to B/W in LR just doesnt provide as beautiful results.
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2. Re: Photos taken in B&W but LR switches them to color
Lee Jay-ZyZk56 Jan 10, 2011 7:32 PM (in response to KulorDS)KulorDS wrote:
Is there any way to load from the settings that are on the 5Dmk2 Monochromatic mode?No, but you could use the camera matching profiles.
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3. Re: Photos taken in B&W but LR switches them to color
MadManChan2000 Jan 11, 2011 7:10 AM (in response to Lee Jay-ZyZk56)At present we do not have camera matching profiles for monochrome mode.
I suggest using the LR B&W controls, with your own tweaks to contrast, gray mix, etc. I believe you can come up with even better results, which you can then save as a preset to use for future images.
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4. Re: Photos taken in B&W but LR switches them to color
SaturnV Jan 11, 2011 11:10 AM (in response to MadManChan2000)MadManChan2000 wrote:
...which you can then save as a preset to use for future images.
And if you choose your custom B&W preset in the Import dialog box, all images in that shoot will import as B&W from the start.
While it may seem like an extra step, I always double-check the current import preset anyway. And while this won't work as desired if you shot some color and some B&W in the same shoot, at least you have one way to import as B&W.
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5. Re: Photos taken in B&W but LR switches them to color
bogiesan-gyyClL Jan 11, 2011 3:17 PM (in response to SaturnV)Butting in. I'd never shoot in monochrome mode at the camera nor would I import with a filter that is destructive. Bring in your raw images and manipulate them to achieve the monochrome look you want. In most situations, the green channel provides more contrast than red or blue and is a good place to start building monochrome versions of color images. If you impose a mono filter, you must find a wauy to undo that effect if you someday want to see the color image.
bogiesan
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6. Re: Photos taken in B&W but LR switches them to color
SaturnV Jan 11, 2011 10:42 PM (in response to bogiesan-gyyClL)bogiesan wrote:
I'd never shoot in monochrome mode at the camera nor would I import with a filter that is destructive. Bring in your raw images...If you impose a mono filter, you must find a wauy to undo that effect
That's not a problem at all if the camera is set to monochrome mode and raw mode, precisely because of the original poster's issue--raw files shot in B&W camera mode come in as color. That means when you shoot raw it's perfectly safe to use the B&W mode of the camera, because you get the best of all worlds: You can use the camera LCD for great B&W feedback as you shoot, since the raw's in-camera JPEG preview is processed using the B&W mode. Yet since the camera's saving raw files behind the scenes, these files come into Lightroom still containing every last bit of original color information, and you still have all the nondestructive B&W conversion control you need.
It's even easier to visualize and shoot B&W this way than in a film camera, which gives you no way to see in B&W short of putting colored filters in front of your face and using a little imagination.
What you're saying is true if the camera is set to JPEG, though.





