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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 380505" data-attributes="member: 9240">When viewing the RAW file on your camera it utilizes the JPEG preview stored within the RAW file, and the JPEG exhibits all characteristics of the JPEG file you would have captured had you been shooting RAW+JPEG at the time.&nbsp; So, if you have your camera profile set to Monochrome the JPEG preview will be in monochrome, if you have it set to Vivid then it will show as Vivid.&nbsp; When you import it onto your computer, unless you are using Nikon-specific software (Capture NX2 or ViewNX2) then it will display in the software default RAW format (in LR or PS that's Adobe Standard unless you set it otherwise).&nbsp; Once imported, LR/ACR allows you to set the camera profile, in which case you can set it to Nikon Monochrome, and the resulting image should closely resemble the B&amp;W you saw in the camera, but it's just one possible representation of the RAW file, which captures the image in color (either sRGB or Adobe RGB depending on how the camera is set).If I'm going for B&amp;W then I prefer to use Silver Efex Pro 2 to convert the RAW file as I can apply color filters as a part of the conversion, which can greatly impact the look of a shot.&nbsp; But shooting in Monochrome will give me a good idea of what I have.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 380505, member: 9240"] When viewing the RAW file on your camera it utilizes the JPEG preview stored within the RAW file, and the JPEG exhibits all characteristics of the JPEG file you would have captured had you been shooting RAW+JPEG at the time. So, if you have your camera profile set to Monochrome the JPEG preview will be in monochrome, if you have it set to Vivid then it will show as Vivid. When you import it onto your computer, unless you are using Nikon-specific software (Capture NX2 or ViewNX2) then it will display in the software default RAW format (in LR or PS that's Adobe Standard unless you set it otherwise). Once imported, LR/ACR allows you to set the camera profile, in which case you can set it to Nikon Monochrome, and the resulting image should closely resemble the B&W you saw in the camera, but it's just one possible representation of the RAW file, which captures the image in color (either sRGB or Adobe RGB depending on how the camera is set). If I'm going for B&W then I prefer to use Silver Efex Pro 2 to convert the RAW file as I can apply color filters as a part of the conversion, which can greatly impact the look of a shot. But shooting in Monochrome will give me a good idea of what I have. [/QUOTE]

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