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<blockquote data-quote="skater" data-source="post: 421612" data-attributes="member: 19158">I like the color version more because it's a sunrise/sunset picture.&nbsp; B/W doesn't really work for those for me.On to the larger question:&nbsp; You young whippersnappers!&nbsp; Back in my day, my D70 wouldn't even DO black and white shots!&nbsp; All we had were color shots, and we were happy with it!Just kidding.&nbsp; I never played around with B&amp;W before, but lately I've dropped the color from a couple shots and have been pretty happy with the results.&nbsp; Like anything it can be overdone - I remember a set of pictures (not mine!) from an office holiday party wherein a third of the pictures were sepia-toned, a third were blue-toned (why?), and a third were normal color.&nbsp; Most distracting set of pictures I've ever seen.&nbsp; But dropping the color from a picture isn't quite the same thing as taking a B&amp;W film picture - didn't B&amp;W film have finer grain?&nbsp; With digital, to the best of my knowledge, even if we could turn our sensors to B&amp;W mode, it doesn't actually improve the sensor's resolution in any way - it's still essentially the same picture, just with fewer colors.&nbsp; (Man, now I want to run out and buy some B&amp;W film and pop it into my N65...)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="skater, post: 421612, member: 19158"] I like the color version more because it's a sunrise/sunset picture. B/W doesn't really work for those for me. On to the larger question: You young whippersnappers! Back in my day, my D70 wouldn't even DO black and white shots! All we had were color shots, and we were happy with it! Just kidding. I never played around with B&W before, but lately I've dropped the color from a couple shots and have been pretty happy with the results. Like anything it can be overdone - I remember a set of pictures (not mine!) from an office holiday party wherein a third of the pictures were sepia-toned, a third were blue-toned (why?), and a third were normal color. Most distracting set of pictures I've ever seen. But dropping the color from a picture isn't quite the same thing as taking a B&W film picture - didn't B&W film have finer grain? With digital, to the best of my knowledge, even if we could turn our sensors to B&W mode, it doesn't actually improve the sensor's resolution in any way - it's still essentially the same picture, just with fewer colors. (Man, now I want to run out and buy some B&W film and pop it into my N65...) [/QUOTE]

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