Nikon D300 User Manual page 172

Figure 3-26. Reset control
When you press the
you'll see the screen in
Picture Control will be reset to default settings. OK? Simply
select Yes from the menu and press the
control.
Notes on Photoshop for Black-and-White Images
Since the RGB color channels are still intact in the
camera's black-and-white image, you can use Photoshop's
Channel Mixer (Image Menu > Adjustments > Channel
Mixer...) to manipulate the color channels and improve the
blacks and whites. If you use Photoshop to play with the
channels, be sure to check the Monochrome box on the
Channel Mixer window. If you don't, you'll simply add
color back into your black-and-white image. The fact that
you must check the Monochrome box proves that a
D300(S) black-and-white image is really just a color image
with the colors desaturated to levels of gray. The good
thing about this is that you now have room to play with the
three color channels similar to how you use filters when
shooting black-and-white film. You can add or subtract
contrast by moving the channel sliders until you are happy
with the results. There is a lot of discussion of these
techniques on the Internet. Why not join the Nikonians.org
forum to discuss how to best achieve beautiful
black-and-white images? Look for the Nikonians Gold
Membership 50% off coupon in the back of this book.
Delete button
Figure 3-26
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while this screen is open,
with its warning, Selected
OK button to reset the