The New Kid In Town

bluesman3232 · 26-04-2007, 15:09

Good morning,
Hello, ladies and gentlemen. My name is R. C. Wilson and I live in Jet, Oklahoma. Hope to take a really good look around the website in the next couple of days and hope to hear from everyone. I just stumbled on to this community in the late night, but looks like some interesting things going on. I'm into monochrome and want to upgrade to an entry level DSLR that shoots monochrome. Something a year or two old and around 6-8megapixels would work. I've aiready checked into a Nikon D50, but it doesn't have the monochrome setting. Any suggestions? I've been using a Panasonic DMC-FZ10 & FZ30, but just doesn't have the resolution that I'm looking for. Well gotta go, everyone have a good day.

P-E · 26-04-2007, 17:23

Hi &

**stepheno** · 26-04-2007, 20:36

Hi RC and welcome to Pixalo

StevieB · 26-04-2007, 21:57

Hello mate an welcome Oklahoma nice! Have you thought about the 20D or 5D ?

**Sonsey** · 26-04-2007, 22:56

Hi R.C, it's good to have you at Pixalo!

Quote:

Originally Posted by bluesman3232

I'm into monochrome and want to upgrade to an entry level DSLR that shoots monochrome. Something a year or two old and around 6-8megapixels would work. I've aiready checked into a Nikon D50, but it doesn't have the monochrome setting. Any suggestions?

I think your best bet would be to convert your images to mono by using photo editing software (e.g. Photoshop or similar), it would certainly give you a lot more control... Try asking your question in a more dedicated area of the forums, it should help you get a better answer.

**Dabhand16** · 27-04-2007, 14:24

Hi Bluesman - a welcome to Pixalo from me too.

I'd like to re-enforce what Sonsey said about shooting in mono. Doing this means you will not be capturing as much image info as you would by using colour. It is easy to convert to mono in processing, but if you do not have all of the tonal info in your original file, you will not get a good mono image, and you will be limited in what you can do to it. Greyscale is limited to 245 tones (I think), but colour has thousands.

We have members who have produced good mono images using the D50, and that's not to say that any other camera could not do the same. I've got some good monos taken with a five year old compact that has no mono settings. Check out my New York and mono albums.

bonniedidit · 27-04-2007, 17:40

Ooooo, someone else in OK, that's amazing!

nichpr · 28-04-2007, 00:26

A truely international community.........Howdy pardner..

- Paul

***Dave*** · 28-04-2007, 07:05

Welcome to Pixalo

Fellow monochrome fan here & agree with others here to process Mono on the PC. Hopefully this link won't scare you off

:- Converting colour photos to black and white using Photoshop

26-04-2007, 15:09	#1 (permalink)
bluesman3232 New here Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Nescatunga, Ok. Posts: 1	The New Kid In Town Good morning, Hello, ladies and gentlemen. My name is R. C. Wilson and I live in Jet, Oklahoma. Hope to take a really good look around the website in the next couple of days and hope to hear from everyone. I just stumbled on to this community in the late night, but looks like some interesting things going on. I'm into monochrome and want to upgrade to an entry level DSLR that shoots monochrome. Something a year or two old and around 6-8megapixels would work. I've aiready checked into a Nikon D50, but it doesn't have the monochrome setting. Any suggestions? I've been using a Panasonic DMC-FZ10 & FZ30, but just doesn't have the resolution that I'm looking for. Well gotta go, everyone have a good day.

26-04-2007, 17:23	#2 (permalink)
P-E Loves the place Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sheffield, S.Yorkshire UK Posts: 7,746	Re: The New Kid In Town Hi &

26-04-2007, 20:36	#3 (permalink)
stepheno Pixalo Crew Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 6,800	Re: The New Kid In Town Hi RC and welcome to Pixalo

26-04-2007, 21:57	#4 (permalink)
StevieB Getting Comfy Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Lurgan, Northern Ireland Posts: 211	Re: The New Kid In Town Hello mate an welcome Oklahoma nice! Have you thought about the 20D or 5D ?

27-04-2007, 14:24	#6 (permalink)
Dabhand16 Pixalo Crew Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Dunstable Bedfordshire UK Posts: 9,642	Re: The New Kid In Town Hi Bluesman - a welcome to Pixalo from me too. I'd like to re-enforce what Sonsey said about shooting in mono. Doing this means you will not be capturing as much image info as you would by using colour. It is easy to convert to mono in processing, but if you do not have all of the tonal info in your original file, you will not get a good mono image, and you will be limited in what you can do to it. Greyscale is limited to 245 tones (I think), but colour has thousands. We have members who have produced good mono images using the D50, and that's not to say that any other camera could not do the same. I've got some good monos taken with a five year old compact that has no mono settings. Check out my New York and mono albums. __________________ Graham

27-04-2007, 17:40	#7 (permalink)
bonniedidit Getting Comfy Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: On 80 acres in Atoka OK Posts: 107	Re: The New Kid In Town Ooooo, someone else in OK, that's amazing!

28-04-2007, 00:26	#8 (permalink)
nichpr Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 870	Re: The New Kid In Town A truely international community.........Howdy pardner.. - Paul

28-04-2007, 07:05	#9 (permalink)
*Dave* Pixalo Crew Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 15,502	Re: The New Kid In Town Welcome to Pixalo Fellow monochrome fan here & agree with others here to process Mono on the PC. Hopefully this link won't scare you off :- Converting colour photos to black and white using Photoshop

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