“When I download my photos from my camera to lightroom 2.2 it takes images that I shot in black and white and converts them to color-Does anyone know if there is a setting or a way to prevent this from happening?”

so someone got back to him with this

“When Lightroom first displays your raw images it displays the embedded JPEG preview that is part of the raw file.  Then it renders the preview of the raw image.  Lightroom, by design, ignores the in-camera settings.  And that includes the black-and-white setting.”

and further down the post someone made an obvious but overlooked post.

“To make the lightroom import black and white photos, you will need to make a develop preset.

easiest way.

1. open lightroom
2. goto Develop
3. click greyscale under the basic treatments
4. right click on the thumbnail along the bottom that is now black and white OR go to the PRESETs on the left of the screen opening the panel if ifs not there and click the +
5. enter a preset name  – ie import to Black and White
6. select Auto Grayscale Mix
7. click create

1 preset made

To Import

1. click Library
2. click File and import – from disk, from device…
3. Select the files you’d like to import as black and white, tick them so they are selected

go to the develop settings

chose your usual settings and

and from the information to apply, select Develop Settings and from the drop down list select import to Black and White

and then import.

The pictures you’ve then chosen will be in black and white.

That will work – you may need to remember which photos were black and white as the thumbnails in the import dialoge may not be black and white.”

Video about the subject matter

Here is the website to make your own custom card

On a sunny day, set the ASA to 400, take a reading of a sunny area, and if the meter tells you to expose at f16 at 1/500th of a second, the meter is approximately correct. This is called the “Sunny 16″ rule. (On a sunny day, use f16 and set the shutter speed to correspond with the ASA rating of the film.)

On the Gossen Luna Pro (an analog meter), take out the battery, take a reading (release the needle lock), and make sure the needle goes to the zero mark. If it’s slightly off, the Luna Pro has a small adjustment screw on the back.

Wiki information also

This was an interesting idea since I needed to test a few light meters on my older SLRs and I always wondered if there was a easy way to do this.  I know I can just use my DSLR as a spot meter but what if I don’t have it.

If you can’t remeber it then you might need this.

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