Converting photos into monochrome on Digital Photo Professional

[cancan7]

I've read that its best not to shoot B&W photos using the camera's monochrome mode(how true is it?). I don't have Adobe Photoshop, so is it possible to convert colour photos in Canon's DPP software? Thanks

[calebk]

Originally Posted by cancan7 I've read that its best not to shoot B&W photos using the camera's monochrome mode(how true is it?). I don't have Adobe Photoshop, so is it possible to convert colour photos in Canon's DPP software? Thanks

The reason why it's not good to do so is for safety.

In case you want to get a colour picture from your shot, you can use what you shot, and if you want a B&W shot, you convert it.

If you already shot the photo in B&W to begin with, it has no colour info, and you won't be able to get a colour photo from that shot.

[cancan7]

thanks,
how do I convert on DPP? I tried do'g it using the tool palette and then turning down the contrast. Is this the correct method?

[calebk]

Originally Posted by cancan7 thanks, how do I convert on DPP? I tried do'g it using the tool palette and then turning down the contrast. Is this the correct method?

Erm. Contrast doesn't affect colour. It's saturation you should be playing with. If you ask me, using DPP is the wrong method to begin with.

Doing a proper B&W conversion in photoshop (which is not availabe to you) is the 'proper' method.

[cancan7]

Thanks for the help, calebk.
Have to add Photoshop onto my "wish list"

[flyer]

Reducing Saturation to zero in DPP can convert jpg to monochrome. If you shoot in RAW, you can just select Monochrome under Picture Styles in DPP and even if you selected the Monochrome Picture Style in camera, you can still get back colour shots when you switch out of Monochrome in DPP (if you shoot raw).