#photography nerditry:

Is it worth using a monochrome sensor for making digital B&W photos?

TL;DR: Sometimes, but the benefits are relatively limited and may not outweigh the cost and hassle.

I make mostly B&W photos, at least in my fine art photography practice. I’m fortunate to have both the color and achromatic (B&W) versions of the sensor I use in my main camera system, but I usually (about 80% of the time) use the color sensor and convert to B&W in post processing.

The tradeoffs:

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  • Tim Bray@cosocial.ca
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    1 month ago

    @mattblaze@federate.social My favorite picture that anyone ever took of me was with a Leica Monochrom but that guy is a terrific portraitist and probably could have got the same result with a conventional color sensor. So I probably agree with you.

    Also, Silver Efex.