Nikon D200 and Black + White Photos imported into Aperture

This has come up several times on the forum.

When you shoot in RAW mode, most in-camera settings such as B&W, sharpening, picture styles etc. are not actually applied to the image. Instead, the camera manufacturer includes instructions in the file on how it should be converted. So far, so good.
Unfortunately these instructions are often stored in the manufacturer's notes rather than in an open form and are only read by the manufacturer's own software. So only Canon software will read the B&W setting from a Canon camera, only Nikon software will read the B&W settings from a Nikon camera etc.

Ian

I have the D200 body as well, however I am not happy with the print results of my pics taken from the B&W setting.
It is better, i find, to convert from RGB. This way you have total control over the tonal, hue and saturation adjustments.
Even with film, I shoot in color and then print in black and white.

No extra software need, In the + pull down in the Adjustments panel the is a thing called the Monochrome Mixer the same as BW.
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i personally dont find aperture's black and white to be sufficient

nikon capture nx does a much much nicer job

So is the same true for sharpening and saturation settings on the D200?

Alex

Yes. And the same is true for pretty well ALL third-party RAW convertors such as ACR, Bibble etc. Manufacturer-specific settings are not read by other company's software.

Ian

That stinks....

Alex