How do i make my camera take black and white or sepia photos?? long shot but help is really apreciated!!?

Question

http://reviews.digitaltrends.com/review3316.html

this is the camera

or do i just have to edit them on photoshop which i can do but it takes time and easier to take the foto in b n w etc thx

Answer 1

You generally get better results taking the photos in color and then changing them to sepia or b&w with an image editor like Photoshop or Paint Shop. That way, you have the full color image and can always play around with different versions of it.

In Paint shop it only takes like 3 seconds- but yeah, you've gotta change them one at a time.

Answer 2

I take the pictures in Black and white.
But if the pictures are more than just snapshots I shoot them in raw. This way I will the process them back to color in post using the canon software. I will then take this color picture and put it in photoshop. Then I will convert them to Black and white .
You will be able to control the tonality and the dynamic range a bit better.
Avoid simply desaturating the picture or simply converting to Grey scale. This is for amateurs only. You would be better off just shooting in Black and white
Here is a quickie method using channels.
http://video.about.com/graphicssoft/black-and-white-photo-making.htm

Answer 3

I agree with Cman. Your black and white shots should come out bettter when post processed.

That camera seems pretty modern. Take a look in your users manual, I bet there is a setting in there to adjust to B & W.

Answer 4

You should be able to edit quickly on photoshop. However, try stretching a piece of Nylon stocking over the lens.

Answer 5

A free software to do this is Picasa - just download it from Google.

Answer 6

you should have a pamphlet that tells you everything on how to use it