Best Digital Cameras for Black And White Photography

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Canon Ixus 75

Best Price: $435.00

from www.pcnation.com
it has a slideshow feature as well as you can change your pic to black/white, sepia or other settings after you have taken the picture...right in the camera.
from lt.dell.com
change a specific color to another and color accent that choses the color blue (for example) and the picture shows the blues and turns every other color monochrome (it comes out looking very nice).
from Mike W from Cincinnati, Ohio, www.circuitcity.com
i can say is this camera does everything that i have ever wanted and surpasses the cybershot definitly!you can also take pictures where the subject is black and white but the background is in color.
from Brand, www.circuitcity.com
you can make very interesting and professional looking photos with color accent ,which makes one color stay the same while all the other colors are black and white.
from www.bestbuy.com
the color swap option is really cool as you can take black and white photos and choose one other color to show up (e.g., only red will show in the black and white).

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Positives: Easy To Use, Lots Of Extra Features, Long Battery Life, Resolution: 7.4 Megapixel

2 RECOMMENDED by 20 people for BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY

Canon IXUS 80 IS

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from www.bestbuy.com
doing the landscapes and fancier shots.it has some fun extra shot options that are fun to play with like color acquire, grabbing 1 to 4 colors you select and shooting the rest in black and white.
from www.bestbuy.com
its color accent and color swap modes bring a lot of fun; you are able to have a black and white photo with one thing in color, like a red dress or a pink flower.
from www.amazon.com
is pink and the wife likes it since no one will want to borrow her camera again) makes it very unique and cute and makes it different among the common metallic gray color of the millions of cameras.
from www.amazon.com
it has this color filter where everything is black and white, except for my sons blue baseball jersey.
from www.amazon.com
the feature "color accent" was my deciding factor (take a black and white photo, but highlight one color in the photo like a red shirt or blue eyes.) i have used this without reading the manual and

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Positives: Compact, Nice Image Stabilization, Easy To Use, Resolution: 8.3 Megapixel

3 RECOMMENDED by 18 people for BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY

Canon PowerShot SD1100 IS

Best Price: $215.00

from www.amazon.com
is pink and the wife likes it since no one will want to borrow her camera again) makes it very unique and cute and makes it different among the common metallic gray color of the millions of cameras.
from www.amazon.com
it has this color filter where everything is black and white, except for my sons blue baseball jersey.
from www.amazon.com
the feature "color accent" was my deciding factor (take a black and white photo, but highlight one color in the photo like a red shirt or blue eyes.) i have used this without reading the manual and
from www.amazon.com
it also does photos in sepia tone and adjusts photos automatically to vertical or horizontal.
from www.amazon.com
my 6 y/o son took a fantastic picture of a beautiful architecturally rich building in sepia through the car window as i drove by-- it's that easy!

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Positives: Excellent Image Stabilization, Long Battery Life, Easy To Use, Resolution: 8.3 Megapixel

4 RECOMMENDED by 8 people for BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY

Canon IXUS 90

Best Price: $265.00

from www.bestbuy.com
love the function that allows you to make the entire picture black and white except for one color.
from www.amazon.com
it allows you to take pics in black and white and color accent any color you chose.
from www.amazon.com
it has nice features on it where you can select a color in a scene and only that color will appear vibrant while others will be black and white.
from www.amazon.com
it seemed as if i got better black and white/one color photos from my sd500 than either of these cameras.
from www.amazon.com
it also has a number of nice effects you can easily add - macro zoom, black and white, or black and white with 1 highlighted color, blur effects and more.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Lots Of Extra Features, Clear Picture Quality, Resolution: 10.3 Megapixel

5 RECOMMENDED by 7 people for BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY

Canon SD 790/ Ixus 90 is

Best Price: $253.00

from Margo from Ontario, CA, www.circuitcity.com
it will even take black and white pics if you want that effect.
from www.amazon.com
it seemed as if i got better black and white/one color photos from my sd500 than either of these cameras.
from www.amazon.com
it has nice features on it where you can select a color in a scene and only that color will appear vibrant while others will be black and white.
from www.amazon.com
it allows you to take pics in black and white and color accent any color you chose.
from www.amazon.com
my kids like the black and white images with just one color isolated in the photo - really trick.

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Easy To Use, Lots Of Extra Features, Resolution: 10 Megapixel

Canon PowerShot SD1000

Best Price: $424.00

from Klem from Flint, Michigan, www.circuitcity.com
pockets really easy) and sturdy (my husband has yet to break this one yet!) i love the 'color accent' feature- it highlights the color you choose and makes the rest of the picture black and white.
from Matt from New Jersey, www.circuitcity.com
in playback mode you can make your pictures even better by using the 'my colors' function which allows you to bring out certain colors, change a colored picture to black and white, adjust skin tones
from www.amazon.com
this is one of the most amazing cameras that canon has, has everything and more works with mac and windows and has more features than ever before, black and white is not the same anymore this camera
from www.amazon.com
it takes good quality pictures, has features for creativity (b&w, sepia, etc), and the preview screen in the back is large so you can see what you're taking a picture of very well.
from www.amazon.com
color accent allows you to capture only a particular color in a shot while the rest of the picture is black and white.

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Positives: Good Autofocus, Resolution: 7.4 Megapixel, Image Resolutions: 640 x 480,2592 x 1944,2048 x 1536,1600 x 1200,3072 x 2304,3072 x 1728, Not Interchangeable Lenses

Canon PowerShot A610

Best Price: $405.00

from www.pricegrabber.com
the camera is light gray in color and has a plastic body.
from www.amazon.com
you can also set it to select one hue, washing all others to grayscale.
from www.amazon.com
- extremely customizable if you're up for it - full manual shutter speed/aperture control, plus flash level, custom white balance (lets you calibrate to gray cards), whew!
from www.amazon.com
-my colors- which lets you make everything black and white except for one chosen color

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Positives: Lots Of Extra Features, Clear Picture Quality, Excellent Digital Zoom, Resolution: 5.3 Megapixel

Canon IXUS 960 IS

Best Price: $317.00

from SBgirl from new york, NY, www.circuitcity.com
it's also a very light camera.the mycolors is very handy as well as the in-camera editing for red-eye, and changing your color to black and white, sepia, etc.
from Klem from Flint, Michigan, www.circuitcity.com
pockets really easy) and sturdy (my husband has yet to break this one yet!) i love the 'color accent' feature- it highlights the color you choose and makes the rest of the picture black and white.
from Liz from Terre Haute, IN, www.circuitcity.com
one of the greatest features is the color accent, you pick the color you want to keep and the camera will make everything else black and white.
from RCKM , www.circuitcity.com
the monochrome feature is a great one because it picks up higlights and tones that you don't get in regular black and white pics, the attaching and detaching of the lense is smooth, the shutter times
from Kate from Syracuse New york, www.circuitcity.com
it has so many more features than the original version-monochrome, 9 point focus, auto sensor cleaning, and 10 megs.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Great Image Stabilization, Lots Of Extra Features, Resolution: 12.1 Megapixel

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

Best Price: $649.00

from Jason from clearwater, florida, www.circuitcity.com
it can also focus on certain colors and make everything else black and white.
from "FORMER FILM FUNCTIONARY", www.adorama.com
put it to the test almost immediately on a gray, overcast day, i chose to shoot some outdoor images at the water's edge ....
from www.walmart.com
i also got some great black and white and sepia pictures of the kids.
from www.amazon.com
another nice feature is the color change, i love taking photos outdoors in black and white, with my old camera i had to use a software program to change the image to b&w, with this camera you can do
from www.amazon.com
i love the color accent mode (it allows you to take black and white pictures leaving one chosen color) and super macro mode.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Nice Image Stabilization, Nice Digital Zoom, Resolution: 6.2 Megapixel

Canon EOS 500D

Best Price: $962.00

from www.amazon.com
monochrome...it's a dynamic camera to say the least.
from www.amazon.com
i really learned the art through black and white photography, and then decided to minor in it in college, where i tried my hand at large format black and white.
from www.amazon.com
unavailable items in a given mode are grayed out.
from www.amazon.com
black and white option.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Clear Picture Quality, Lots Of Extra Features, Resolution: 15.5 Megapixel

Canon EOS 500D

Best Price: $1,070.00

from lt.dell.com
it's easy to switch from color to monocrome and i tried the sepia, blue, green and purple.
from www.amazon.com
monochrome...it's a dynamic camera to say the least.
from www.amazon.com
i really learned the art through black and white photography, and then decided to minor in it in college, where i tried my hand at large format black and white.
from www.amazon.com
unavailable items in a given mode are grayed out.

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Easy To Use, Lots Of Extra Features, Resolution: 15.5 Megapixel

Canon EOS 30D Body Only

Best Price: $1,870.00

from www.macmall.com
the black and white lcd and associated buttons on top of the camera are well chosen to offer access to the controls you are most likely to need while taking pictures.
from www.pricegrabber.com
standard, portrait, landscape, neutral, faithful and monochrome.
from BusinessWeek.com
there are settings for everything from portraits to landscapes to black and white."
from www.adorama.com
i like that you can adjust the sharpness,and color saturation; and you can also shoot in black & white and sepia with color tints.
from www.amazon.com
you get beautiful black and white results that have much more dimension than usual with a digital camera.

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Great Durability, Lots Of Extra Features, Resolution: 8.5 Megapixel

Canon PowerShot G10

Best Price: $365.00

from www.amazon.com
black and whites!...
from Rich, www.newegg.com
and the paper is thin, sort of like tissue paper, and the whole thing is in black and white!
from www.amazon.com
to pick an example of the internal processing capabilities: you can show one color and have the rest of the shot in black and white.
from www.amazon.com
i have one set for black and white and one set for super vivid color.
from www.amazon.com
if you know about asa's (iso), high color saturation/ b&w, sepia, controlling your f-stop / shutter speed, you can read a light meter, and you are on a budget, this is the item.

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Nice Durability, Easy To Use, Resolution: 15 Megapixel

Canon EOS 40D

Best Price: $1,391.00

from "John", www1.wolfcamera.com
shooting in monochrome for both is amazing, throw in the fact that you can take pics with the lcd screen and it throws it over the top.
from www.amazon.com
i started taking photos at a very early age when black and white film was popular and later color slides.
from www.amazon.com
i've resorted to shooting an 18% gray card, to set my custom white-balance before shooting.
from www.amazon.com
i have to use an expo disc or gray card to get accurate colors inside.
from www.amazon.com
the highlight tone priority mode expands the dynamic range from gray to bright highlights and the gradations in between become smoother.

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Positives: Lots Of Extra Features, Excellent Durability, Clear Picture Quality, Resolution: 10.5 Megapixel

Nikon D90 DX

Best Price: $865.00

from www.amazon.com
there's also some neat post processing you can do right on the camera including red eye removal, black and white filter, or tilt the picture if you accidentally took it at a slight angle.
from www.amazon.com
it also offers a monochrome setting also with adjustable settings.
from www.amazon.com
the best way i can describe my upgrade experience is that using the d90 after three years with my d70 was like switching from a monochrome nokia phone to an iphone.
from www.amazon.com
sepia, b&w, etc.
from www.amazon.com
- monochromatic in bnw, cyanotype, and sepia.

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Good Autofocus, Easy To Use, Resolution: 12.9 Megapixel

Nikon D40

Best Price: $588.00

from www.bestbuy.com
i am proud to say that i have packed away my point and shoot because this camera has everything that it had and more!~interchangeable lenses~in camera editing (eg cropping, filters, black and white,
from www.walmart.com
to recharge)with the in-camera option to crop, reduce red-eye and change to black and white, i do not think i will ever have to take my children to a professional photographer for pictures again.
from www1.wolfcamera.com
the ability to change a photo from color to b/w or sepia in-camera is great.
from www.amazon.com
the neat thing about the photos as well as the camera lets you adjust the lighting, sepia or black and whites, and color adding right on the camera without putting it onto your computer and using a
from www.amazon.com
in camera editing capability such as black and white, sepia and some filter effects etc.

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Positives: Nice Portability, Nice Digital Zoom, Fast Shutter Speed, Resolution: 6.24 Megapixel

Canon PowerShot SD770 IS

Best Price: $230.00

from www.amazon.com
it seemed as if i got better black and white/one color photos from my sd500 than either of these cameras.
from www.amazon.com
it is very easy to use...easy transition from sepia/black and white/color - unlike previous versions.
from www.amazon.com
color and black and white photos turn out excellent, indoor photos turn out great thanks to the automatic flash and white balance adjustments that the camera makes all on its own, the digital macro
from www.amazon.com
comes with good features, including contiuous shooting mode, black and white, sepia, and other color accent features.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Long Battery Life, Clear Picture Quality, Resolution: 10.3 Megapixel

Nikon D90

Best Price: $1,187.00

from www.amazon.com
there's also some neat post processing you can do right on the camera including red eye removal, black and white filter, or tilt the picture if you accidentally took it at a slight angle.
from www.amazon.com
it also offers a monochrome setting also with adjustable settings.
from www.amazon.com
the best way i can describe my upgrade experience is that using the d90 after three years with my d70 was like switching from a monochrome nokia phone to an iphone.
from www.amazon.com
sepia, b&w, etc.
from www.amazon.com
- monochromatic in bnw, cyanotype, and sepia.

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Easy To Use, Excellent Autofocus, Resolution: 12.9 Megapixel

Canon PowerShot S5 IS

Best Price: $550.00

from www.bestbuy.com
i like picking a color (like flowers) and having everything else black and white.the posibilities are endless.i have already recommended this camera to a friend and will continue to recommend it to
from www.bestbuy.com
in these modes you can take awesome black and white pictures with one color showing.
from www.bhphotovideo.com
the editing features of shooting in sepia etc are unnecessary bells and whistles.
from A Customer from San Francisco, CA, clickfrom.buy.com
another feature i very much like is the ability to gray out part of the viewfinder so that you can compose pictures accurately for 4x6 prints.
from www.amazon.com
the only thing i would like that i don't believe this camera has (if it does, i haven't found it yet) is the ability to shoot in black and white instead of just converting it afterward.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Good Digital Zoom, Clear Picture Quality, Resolution: 8.3 Megapixel

Canon PowerShot SD780 IS

Best Price: $233.00

from www.amazon.com
several cameras give you the ability to change the photo to black & white or sepia.
from www.amazon.com
they give you so many different color modes (including positive film, monotone and sepia) i don't know why you'd want to create your own, but you do have that option.
from www.amazon.com
and then there is the usual sepia, b/w , neutral tones etc
from www.amazon.com
3 parameters that i found myself adjusting most often for the best pics = iso, light source (although seems like "cloudy" setting when outdoors always worked best, regardless of amount of sun), and

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Positives: Clear Picture Quality, Easy To Use, Lots Of Extra Features, Resolution: 12.4 Megapixel

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