EOS 5D: Image capture "QUALITY" settings

[jbnunzio]

I have two Canon 5D's. I use Windows 10 on my desk top PC

Recently, while on vacation with a friend, we went out to photograph scenery on the Oregon coast, which included a lighthouse. I set the QUALITY in the menu function to capture in RAW+Ljpeg. Then I went into PICTURE STYLE to set monochrome with the red filter. When I off-loaded the flash card to the computer, I found that the jpegs were all in b&w, and the RAW files were all in color. Isn't it possible to capture RAW files in B&W? Or is the whole point to use Photoshop, Lightroom, etc., to convert the RAW color files to B&W on an as-needed basis? Of course, I'd want to make use of the (information on) larger files of the RAW captures; but the jpeg files are much smaller than the RAW, and they are not much adjustable.

Any help or suggestions will be appreciated.

[FloridaDrafter · Accepted solution]

Hello, and welcome to the forum!

By nature, Raw will retain all of the data collected, so yes, it is up to you to apply a picture style in your post editor for the Raw files. If you use Canons free Digital Photo Professional 4 (DPP4), it will apply your picture style to the Raw automatically but keep your Raw data intact. You can change styles at will, so you can have both color and B&W if you so choose. Also, keep in mind that the JPeG files have been converted from Raw to that format using your style settings, amongst other various camera settings.

It's been a while since I messed with Adobe products, but I think you can do the same with LR, but it may not select your picture style automatically.

Newton

[FloridaDrafter · Accepted solution]

Hello, and welcome to the forum!

By nature, Raw will retain all of the data collected, so yes, it is up to you to apply a picture style in your post editor for the Raw files. If you use Canons free Digital Photo Professional 4 (DPP4), it will apply your picture style to the Raw automatically but keep your Raw data intact. You can change styles at will, so you can have both color and B&W if you so choose. Also, keep in mind that the JPeG files have been converted from Raw to that format using your style settings, amongst other various camera settings.

It's been a while since I messed with Adobe products, but I think you can do the same with LR, but it may not select your picture style automatically.

Newton

[FloridaDrafter]

I just broke out my 5D IV and took a quick test shot using the monochrome picture style in the 5D IV, just to make sure.

Here is a screen shot of the Raw in DPP 4

From there you can edit either B&W or color, then "convert and save" to jpg or tif.

Newton

[jrhoffman75 · Accepted solution]

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@jbnunzio wrote:

I have two Canon 5D's. I use Windows 10 on my desk top PC

Recently, while on vacation with a friend, we went out to photograph scenery on the Oregon coast, which included a lighthouse. I set the QUALITY in the menu function to capture in RAW+Ljpeg. Then I went into PICTURE STYLE to set monochrome with the red filter. When I off-loaded the flash card to the computer, I found that the jpegs were all in b&w, and the RAW files were all in color. Isn't it possible to capture RAW files in B&W? Or is the whole point to use Photoshop, Lightroom, etc., to convert the RAW color files to B&W on an as-needed basis? Of course, I'd want to make use of the (information on) larger files of the RAW captures; but the jpeg files are much smaller than the RAW, and they are not much adjustable.

Any help or suggestions will be appreciated.

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If you shoot RAW you can select any Picture Style (or Profile, as they are called in Lightroom and Photoshop). Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw in Photoshop are non-destructive; you can select Monochrome, work on your image, export or print it and then choose another profile and work on it again. You can save the first effort be creating a Virtual Copy before starting the second edit.