Can I shoot RAW color but review images in black and white on a Canon EOS camera?
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I’d like to keep full color information in my files, but have the camera display a black-and-white preview on the rear LCD to help with composition. On a Canon EOS body, can I shoot RAW and set the camera so the preview appears monochrome while the saved file still retains color?
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Yes. As long as you are shooting RAW, setting the camera to shoot in B&W will give you a B&W JPEG preview on the LCD, but retain all the color data captured by the sensor in the RAW file.
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Yes. If you shoot RAW and set the camera’s Picture Style to Monochrome, the camera will show a black-and-white preview on the LCD, including in Live View, while the RAW file still keeps the full captured data for normal color processing later.
What changes is the embedded JPEG preview the camera generates for display. The Monochrome Picture Style affects that preview and any JPEGs you save in-camera, but it does not permanently remove color from the RAW file. So you can compose using a B&W preview, then process the RAW later in color or black and white.
Many Canon EOS cameras also let you simulate colored filters within the Monochrome Picture Style, which changes tonal contrast in the preview.
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