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Shoot B&W in A mode Lumix G80/85

Started Jan 8, 2019 | Discussions
mindbomb1 New Member • Posts: 5
Shoot B&W in A mode Lumix G80/85

As title says - is there a way to shoot (and preview) monochrome while in Aperture priority mode?

Camera is Lumix G85 (I am assuming question applies for G7 too)

Thanks

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Trevor Carpenter
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Re: Shoot B&W in A mode Lumix G80/85

providing you shoot in jpg there is.  Just set your main dial to creative control (the art palette) and select monochrome or dynamic monochrome.

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Walt Palmer
Walt Palmer Senior Member • Posts: 2,001
Re: Shoot B&W in A mode Lumix G80/85
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mindbomb1 wrote:

As title says - is there a way to shoot (and preview) monochrome while in Aperture priority mode?

Camera is Lumix G85 (I am assuming question applies for G7 too)

Thanks

Yes. Sure. Read your manual. You can shoot in JPG or in RAW+JPG - where the RAW will be in color, while the JPG will be B&W (and in whatever aspect ratio you wish).

I am pretty sure you will find it under "Photo Styles" in your manual. It is also the first thing on the "Quick Menu" as shipped from Panasonic. You can set a variety of Photo Styles (Vivid, Portrait, Scenery, Monochrome L.Monochrome,...) that will affect the JPGs, but the RAW files will always be just plain RAW - that's why they are prized by many.

RTFM, It's simple and very flexible. Good shooting!

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