I would guess it's nothing more than desaturated RGB. I would be surprised if 
it's even the equal of what a grayscale conversion in PS will give you.
Paul


> Does anyone have an idea how the B&W filter in the istDS2 might work?  The
> various Sony cameras I've used allows for B&W, but the results seem to be
> little more than desaturated RGB - in fact, the files show up as RGB type
> files when edited in PS, and the B&W results aren't particularly good,
> showing a rather poor tonality and range.  Are there different ways of
> generating a B&W photo with digi cameras? Might the B&W results in the
> istDS2 be RAW files, or something other?  I realize all this may require
> some speculation ... 
> 
>  Kodak had a camera specifically designed for B&W, but I never saw any
> unretouched results from that one.
> 
> 
> Shel 
> 
> 

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