Acros setting

[Arlette]

When I shoot in Acros and download images they turn into Color why don’t they stay b&w?

[FX Admin]

Do you shoot in RAW or RAW+JPEG?

If you import the files to Lightroom or another RAW converter, the app may overwrite your B&W image with a new rendered one.

Just to be sure, try to shoot in JPEG only.

Andreas

[pw-pix]

If you're using Lightroom (and maybe other software). you need to set it to download the raw and the jpg. Then you'll have thew raw (colour) with it's generated preview (also in colour), and the jpg (acros b&w) available for editing.

[GordW]

It would be helpful for the OP to indicate what imaging software as well as the OS (Win/Mac) they are using.

We are assuming it is Lightroom Classic. If it LrC, there is an option in the settings/preferences > Presets > Raw Defaults to choose "Camera Settings", which will apply whatever settings were set on the camera when the image was taken to the image you see on the computer screen.