For the maximum control in the conversion from colour to black and white, I recommend you shoot your images in RAW.
For the maximum control in the conversion from colour to black and white, I recommend you shoot your images in RAW. While shooting in JPEG certainly doesn't prevent you from converting your images to black and white later, you'll have a greater ability to alter your images if it's a RAW file. Just like when shooting colour, RAW files contain more depth of information than JPGs, allowing you to lift out more details in shadows and pull back highlights etc. in post production. Just be aware that shooting in RAW will create very large files and you will need to post process them (and then export them as a usable image file) before they can be put online, emailed or used in any way - even if you're just leaving them in colour. See our previous tutorial on RAW vs JPG on our website to understand this more.