Does the Nikon D50 take black & white photos?

Question

I am considering buying a Nikon D50 but i saw a comment somewhere on the web that it doesn't take black & white photos, can anyone tell me if this is correct?? thanks

Answer 1

B&W doesn't seem to be mentioned in the spec:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Nikon/nikon_d50.asp?dontcount=1

It is actually much better to take pictures in colour and reduce them to monochrome when you process the image. You have more control than the camera gives you (and that is what is happening as the image is stored). I have played with the B&W setting on my Fuji Finepix S700 and, having compared results, I find that I get superior results with post-processing - I can apply a skylight filter or a graded orange filter, for example, that I didn't have in my bag. And I can also better adjust the contrast than I would otherwise be able to.

Answer 2

Owlwings is right.
With the D50 (and all other dSLR cameras), the user is expected to do his/her own black and white conversions - and this is a good thing. The D50 is really a fantastic camera and great value for money.

Answer 3

hello, I have 2 nikon cameras the D50 which I use a lot and if I want black /white photos you take your shoot in colour then when you have put your photos on to your pc you open a photo program there is 2 ways to do it in adobe you can go to image, then mode then click grayscale but make a duplicate thats make a copy of your photo and work on the copy and make changes to the copy, another way it go in to you printer and if you have a epson, click printer ,properties, goto advanced, put a tick in grayscale, some printers are drifferent if you have a manual to your printer it should tell you, I also have a nikon F60, 35mm its handy to have but you have to buy roll film them you can get colour or black/white still, please let me know if this has helped you.

Answer 4

Shoot all your pictures in color at the highest resolution possible so your source picture is everything you want it to be forever and ever. Then you purchase some photo editing software like Adobe PhotoShop CS2 and easily (very easily) make the photo black and white if you want at that point.

You will be much happier 5 years from now that your original picture was in full color at high resolution. Future proof yourself and use editing software to do whatever you want to your source photo.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

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Answer 7

nooo........but it's good dslr cam.......if u need black and white snaps then u can edit in photoshop..........nikon's r the best for dslr's........................

Answer 8

does not