Canon 30D + Lightroom question

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Apr 1, 2007
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Since there doesn’t seem to be a Lightroom NG, I hope someone may be able to figure out what caused this situation. I was shooting an old cemetery last week and set my 30D to use the Monochrome picture style. The preview on the camera showed the monochrome image. When I imported it into Lightroom, the image initially came up monochrome and then converted to color by itself. Is there something I missed or can anyone explain it? Thanks

Rob
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Apr 2, 2007
I think that if you are shooting RAW images, they are still full color although they preview as B&W. If you really want the camera to shoot B&W then shoot JPEGs. I could be wrong.

"Scubabix" wrote in message
Since there doesn’t seem to be a Lightroom NG, I hope someone may be able to figure out what caused this situation. I was shooting an old cemetery last week and set my 30D to use the Monochrome picture style. The preview on the camera showed the monochrome image. When I imported it into Lightroom, the image initially came up monochrome and then converted to color by itself. Is there something I missed or can anyone explain it? Thanks

Rob
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Scubabix
Apr 2, 2007
"CraigM" wrote in message
I think that if you are shooting RAW images, they are still full color although they preview as B&W. If you really want the camera to shoot B&W then shoot JPEGs. I could be wrong.

"Scubabix" wrote in message
Since there doesn’t seem to be a Lightroom NG, I hope someone may be able to figure out what caused this situation. I was shooting an old cemetery last week and set my 30D to use the Monochrome picture style. The preview on the camera showed the monochrome image. When I imported it into Lightroom, the image initially came up monochrome and then converted to color by itself. Is there something I missed or can anyone explain it? Thanks

Rob
I’m not sure, but in another NG I posted the same question to, the consensus for the answers I got was to just shoot it RAW in color and the use LR or PS to convert it to a B&W image. That way I’ll always have the complete image in case I don’t like the B&W.
Thanks for your response.
Rob
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Apr 3, 2007
Yes, you will have far greater control over the conversion to black and white by using PS. PS CS3 has a new adjustment layer specifically for that purpose.

"Scubabix" wrote in message
"CraigM" wrote in message
I think that if you are shooting RAW images, they are still full color although they preview as B&W. If you really want the camera to shoot B&W then shoot JPEGs. I could be wrong.

"Scubabix" wrote in message
Since there doesn’t seem to be a Lightroom NG, I hope someone may be able to figure out what caused this situation. I was shooting an old cemetery last week and set my 30D to use the Monochrome picture style. The preview on the camera showed the monochrome image. When I imported it into Lightroom, the image initially came up monochrome and then converted to color by itself. Is there something I missed or can anyone explain it? Thanks

Rob
I’m not sure, but in another NG I posted the same question to, the consensus for the answers I got was to just shoot it RAW in color and the use LR or PS to convert it to a B&W image. That way I’ll always have the complete image in case I don’t like the B&W.
Thanks for your response.
Rob

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