Personaly I simply click on the "Greyscale" button in PSP. Aditionally I may increase the contrast of brightness for a more stark look. I believe one reason why people decide to use the desaturate trick is because it's easier to decide later. One thing people can to do is to photograph the picture in BOTH formats. ( Come on it's just one more picture ) Most cards allow people to take plenty of "shots". I've taken both pictures and desaturated however I think depending on the size of the image the advantage of true B/W over er simulated B/W could perhaps be marginal. Bsteph