<html><head></head><body><blockquote type="cite" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:2px #729fcf solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="ydp17d036fyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br>My appreciation to Remco for his response to my post detailing my woes with digiKam.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">A modest update following Remco's suggestions:</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">"My digikam version, 7.1.0, shows support for both Nikon D800E"</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Could you direct me to where I would find, and set up support, in my installation of 7.1.0 for my Nikon D800E?</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I'm running Digikam 7.2-RC. I checked both linux and windows on the RC, and it supports the D800E</div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:dea334204ca7fc911130ad8902e0204d33282254.camel@dukey.org-0" width="405px" height="541px"></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>If you want to give the release candidate a try, you can find it at: <a href="https://files.kde.org/digikam/">https://files.kde.org/digikam/</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:2px #729fcf solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="ydp17d036fyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I'd prefer digiKam import directly from the camera.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I'd like to avoid extracting the two cards (for jpeg and raw) from the camera, insert them in an external card reader, just so digiKam can import from that reader. That's just the kind of overhead which would motivate some users (like me!) to dodge using digiKam!</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Lastly: I had set up the root of my Collections tree. I added folders containing new images under that root i.e., I copied the images from the camera onto those folders. I expected digiKam would pick those new folders up and show them up as new albums. That's not working for me yet but I shall persevere...</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Did Digikam finish scanning the collection once before you quit? Double check to make sure the collection is still listed. I have found that if the initial scan of a new collection doesn't complete, you won't have the collection in the Digikam database. Also, by default, Digikam won't see any new photos you manually add to the collection without either restarting Digikam, or scanning for new folders. This can be changed in settings. If you can't see your collection in Digikam, something is not correct. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. Can you maybe share a snapshot of your collection settings and import windows?</div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:2px #729fcf solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="ydp17d036fyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">My whole intent of using digiKam is:</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">a) quick import of RAW and jpeg images from my camera, the Nikon D800E.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">b) quick review of the RAW for culling: e.g., I flag the acceptable, pending, and rejects</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">c) move the acceptable and pending to appropriate folders for darktable or rawtherapee to take over.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">That should be easy, right? </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">It's harder than I thought so what am I doing wrong?</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It is easy. :-)</div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:2px #729fcf solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="ydp17d036fyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div></div><div id="yahoo_quoted_3926570014" class="yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div> On Saturday, February 20, 2021, 12:54:15 AM PST, Remco Viëtor <remco.vietor@wanadoo.fr> wrote: </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr">On vendredi 19 février 2021 21:46:48 CET The Man in Black wrote:<br clear="none">> Hello!<br clear="none">> My configuration: Windows 10, digiKam7.1.0 stable release.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> First, digiKam is unable to detect my Nikon 800E when it is connected to the<br clear="none">> computer.I understand that might be a Windows driver problem...so, I<br clear="none">> physically copy the files from the camera onto the computer's hard drive.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Personally, I prefer taking the memory card out of the camera and use a card <br clear="none">reader, which is recognised as a "mass storage device" (an external HDD). Thsi <br clear="none">should always work with Digikam. I don't know if your camera can work in that <br clear="none">mode (mine only uses MTP or PTP iirc).<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> Next: digiKam is unable to open the folder containing the images (jpeg or<br clear="none">> raw, doesn't matter).All items under "Album" are grayed out.Under "Import"<br clear="none">> the Cameras option doesn't work (see above).The "Add Folders" and "Add<br clear="none">> Images" are grayed out. <br clear="none">Digikam uses one or more specifically designated directory trees to look for <br clear="none">files. The root of those trees has to be declared as a "collection" in the <br clear="none">Digikam setup. <div class="yqt3785149137" id="yqtfd07857"><br></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:2px #729fcf solid;padding-left:1ex"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:2px #729fcf solid;padding-left:1ex"><div id="yahoo_quoted_3926570014" class="yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="yqt3785149137" id="yqtfd07857"><br clear="none">> What do I need to do, on Windows, for digiKam's<br clear="none">> easy import of images into albums (which I organize under<br clear="none">> year/month/date)?It doesn't matter whether that import is from the camera<br clear="none">> or the computer's local hard disk. (...)</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div>You can set the destination path in the import settings. Year/month/date naming is easy to do (yyyy/MM/dd for example) </div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:2px #729fcf solid;padding-left:1ex"><div id="yahoo_quoted_3926570014" class="yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">- check whether your camera can work in mass storage mode or use a card reader <br clear="none">(My digikam version, 7.1.0, shows support for both Nikon D800E and Coolpix <br clear="none">800, no "Nikon 800E").<br clear="none">- check whether you have the root of your image folders declared as a <br clear="none">collection in Digikam (menu settings -> configure digikam, then "collections <br clear="none">tab", which is the 2nd item from the top)<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Remco<div class="yqt3785149137" id="yqtfd68477"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></body></html>