#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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@mattblaze@federate.social Only very very peripherally related to what you are describing, but this was the thing that occurred to me as a place I’d seen where using a true monochromatic sensor is better/necessary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KJLWwbs_cQ