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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Smith" data-source="post: 5193" data-attributes="member: 20"><p>Personally Jeff I think a colour camera is slightly more flexible for B&W as it gives you many options in post to get the desired effect you are looking for.</p><p>That being said, B&W cameras certainly have their place, probably more so in the past though when we used actual film. </p><p>A dedicated B&W camera that can produce great results is usually quite expensive, and to be honest I believe the image quality is really down to dynamic range that the camera can utilise, so you would have to shop wisely and be ready to spend quite a few dollars for a camera that produces better results than your D850.</p><p>Modern colour cameras have great dynamic range, so provide a great base for B&W conversion in post whereas a B&W camera will provide a B&W image that may or may not be to your liking. If you shoot colour you have many options for B&W conversion, including NIK Silver Effects which is a great tool in my opinion for B&W imaging. </p><p>A B&W camera may provide slightly better results than using a colour camera in monochrome mode, but to be honest I don't think we would even notice the difference unless you look really hard, due to the modern sensors in cameras, and I still prefer the flexibility of shooting in colour and converting to B&W in post.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy Smith, post: 5193, member: 20"] Personally Jeff I think a colour camera is slightly more flexible for B&W as it gives you many options in post to get the desired effect you are looking for. That being said, B&W cameras certainly have their place, probably more so in the past though when we used actual film. A dedicated B&W camera that can produce great results is usually quite expensive, and to be honest I believe the image quality is really down to dynamic range that the camera can utilise, so you would have to shop wisely and be ready to spend quite a few dollars for a camera that produces better results than your D850. Modern colour cameras have great dynamic range, so provide a great base for B&W conversion in post whereas a B&W camera will provide a B&W image that may or may not be to your liking. If you shoot colour you have many options for B&W conversion, including NIK Silver Effects which is a great tool in my opinion for B&W imaging. A B&W camera may provide slightly better results than using a colour camera in monochrome mode, but to be honest I don't think we would even notice the difference unless you look really hard, due to the modern sensors in cameras, and I still prefer the flexibility of shooting in colour and converting to B&W in post. [/QUOTE]
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