Monochrome picture controls

Earlier, you saw that there's a monochrome picture control which gives you a…black-and-white image from your camera, and you may have thought, Wow, that's great!…I've always had trouble with black and white because I have troubled visualizing…it, and this way I'll actually be able to see my black-and-white images…right on the back of a camera--and that's all true.…As soon as you shoot with the Monochrome picture control, you will see a…black-and-white image on the back of your camera.…I still, though, don't recommend using the monochrome picture control, and here's why.…When you're shooting black-and-white images, there's no direct correspondence…between any particular color in the world and any particular shade of gray, so…part of the artistry of black-and- white shooting comes from how you choose to…convert colors to grayscale.…

When you use the Monochrome picture control, you are using Nikon's default…recipe for how to do a black-and-white conversion, and it may not be the best one…for your particular scene.…