How can I take selective color pictures with my Canon T1i?

Question

I want to select a certain color using my camera so only that will be recorded as color, with all the rest in gray- or b/w-scale. Meaning, only one color and its shades appear colored, and rest is b/w. Something like the picture below:

http://blaberize.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/selective-color-wallpaper-city.png

Answer

My answer is going to be short, on this one:

• Your camera can't do it, and
• Even if it could, do it in post.

Why? Because you might wish later that you had the full-color image down the road. Secondly, post-production will almost always give you a better result than the camera itself will. There are many options that will do this in Photoshop, Paintshop pro, Gimp, etc.

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