Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Understood - but (Rummy asked), is that black and white image itself a RAW file, with the the latitude of a RAW file? Or do you have to go to the color RAW file to do manipulation - say pulling back highlights? On 9/22/06 12:09 PM, "Lottermoser George" <imagist3@mac.com> wrote: > Correct. However, the 5d has the ability to set and shoot: RAW, no > jpg, B&W. What you see on the camera screen is B&W. And when you open > the RAW file in Digital Photo Professional it opens, as intended, as > a B&W image. Because it is a RAW file - all the color data is > available - and while you can, of course go back to the color, if > you're interested in shooting B&W, you don't have to ever look at the > color data. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george@imagist.com > > > > On Sep 22, 2006, at 10:56 AM, B. D. Colen wrote: > >> RAW is RAW. Display with RAW, yes. Display as RAW, no. It's not RAW >> if it's >> had a black and white routine run on it. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information