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212 The “Recording” (Camera icon) Menu Settings

dynamic-range-expanding HDR function does) and then it does something
to it, making it look a lot grungier.
Try shooting a portrait with HDR Painting set to High and see just how
many of your Facebook friends like it. 

5.25.9 RICH-TONE MONOCHROME

The High-Dynamic Range (HDR) function won’t be covered until Chapter
13, but basically the function just brackets three pictures and merges them
together in-camera, yielding a lower-contrast image whose highlights and
shadows aren’t as likely to blow out. The Rich-Tone Monochrome feature
is essentially an HDR image shot in Black-and-White. When invoked, the
camera will switch to B&W mode, shoot three images in a row, align them
internally (in case you had a shaky hand) and write it as a .jpg to your
memory card.

The example below compares Rich-Tone Monochrome with the camera’s
other B&W mode. Since this test subject had a pretty narrow tonal range
the only real difference you’ll see here is the slightly lower contrast of the
Picture Effects version (left).

Rich-Tone Monochrome Creative Style B/W
As it turns out, this provides a fairly pleasing effect and is a good way to
get a quick B&W of good quality, or to pre-visualize a B&W that you
intend to shoot in color then work with on your PC later.

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