How useful is Capture One for black and white conversions? I want to start doing black and white work and have experimented a little with converting my images in Capture One but I am not yet happy with the results I get. That is no doubt lack of experience of course, but maybe Capture One isn't the right tool. Any opinions on the usefulness of Capture One for B&W conversion?

I have been googling but couldn't really find a tutorial on B&W conversions with Capture One. Does anyone know a good tutorial?

My photography is for my own fun and my budget is limited so I try work as much as possible with the tools I already have. I am not (yet) on Capture One 5.

Thanks for any information.

Try the pre-cooked C1 "styles" for B&W in the styles dropdown list. I find them quite good a lot of the time. Some are profiles, others are groups of adjustment settings, so you can make a series of color adjustments first that can affect how the applied B&W style will render.

take a look @ SilkyPix

http://www.isl.co.jp/SILKYPIX/japanese/special/arttaste/ - scroll down to see example of customized "tastes"

PS1: use http://translate.google.com

PS2: trial version is available there http://www.shortcutinc.com/cms/index.php?id=4 or there http://www.silkypixuk.com/index.php/Silkypix/