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<div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Remco, my gratitude for your attention and responses to my queries.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">"As for Digikam not recognising the camera: does the OS recognise the camera<div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">(or at least that it is attached as a known device)?"</span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Yes, that's been no problem.</span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">I hook the camera up via USB and the computer instantly recognizes its presence.</span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Nikon FX2 software recognizes it.</span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">And so on.</span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">I could of course use the Nikon software but it doesn't do what digiKam does</span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">And in trying to get what digiKam offers I end up in the Land of Woes!</span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">I shall download the 7.2.0-rc later today and execute your suggestions and post the update.</span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Along with digiKam I also get a separate app called "Showfoto".</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">It appears to be a simple, quick way to view pics (compared to the Microsoft Windows PhotoViewer).</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">So, excited about that, I went about trying to set up Showfoto as my default app for viewing pics.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Another land of woes...for Windows doesn't even acknowledge Showfoto (or digiKam) are apps installed on the system (even though they are indeed installed and I can click on them to bring them up). And without those apps showing in Windows list of applications I am limited in setting Showfoto as the default app for jpeg images...</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Note that I have darktable and RT and GIMP also installed, they show up in the list of applications, I COULD choose them as the default app for jpeg images but they are too heavy duty and take a lot longer than Showfoto to fire up and display the image I clicked on....</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div></div>
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On Saturday, February 20, 2021, 08:39:10 AM PST, Remco Viëtor <remco.vietor@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">On samedi 20 février 2021 16:41:51 CET The Man in Black wrote:<br clear="none">> My appreciation to Remco for his response to my post detailing my woes with<br clear="none">> digiKam.A modest update following Remco's suggestions: "My digikam version,<br clear="none">> 7.1.0, shows support for both Nikon D800E"Could you direct me to where I<br clear="none">> would find, and set up support, in my installation of 7.1.0 for my Nikon<br clear="none">> D800E?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">You can check that under Help -> Supported RAW cameras.<br clear="none">I'd expect it to be present on your version as well, if not, you cannot do <br clear="none">much about it...<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> I'd prefer digiKam import directly from the camera.I'd like to avoid<br clear="none">> extracting the two cards (for jpeg and raw) from the camera, insert them in<br clear="none">> an external card reader, just so digiKam can import from that reader. <br clear="none">> That's just the kind of overhead which would motivate some users (like me!)<br clear="none">> to dodge using digiKam! <br clear="none">Depends also on your photography, and computer setup. I find it as easy to <br clear="none">extract (one) memory card and put it in the already attached card reader, as <br clear="none">to connect the usb cable. In addition, if I end up with several cards to read, <br clear="none">card reader becomes *much* easier. And also, I don't use raw+jpeg.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> Lastly: I had set up the root of my Collections<br clear="none">> tree. I added folders containing new images under that root i.e., I copied<br clear="none">> the images from the camera onto those folders. I expected digiKam would<br clear="none">> pick those new folders up and show them up as new albums. <br clear="none">To have Digikam check for new folders etc. *on startup*, you may have to <br clear="none">activate that under "Settings" -> "Configure Digikam" -> Miscellaneous", then <br clear="none">it's the first option in the "behaviour" tab. That picks up folders and images <br clear="none">added from outside Digikam. It's an option, as it can slow down startup (e.g. <br clear="none">collections stored on network devices). I dont think Digikam picks up folders <br clear="none">and images added to its collection(s) while it is running, though.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">As for Digikam not recognising the camera: does the OS recognise the camera <br clear="none">(or at least that it is attached as a known device)? If not, Digikam won't see <br clear="none">there's a camera attached...<div class="yqt2593515812" id="yqtfd66799"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">> That's not<br clear="none">> working for me yet but I shall persevere... My whole intent of using<br clear="none">> digiKam is:a) quick import of RAW and jpeg images from my camera, the Nikon<br clear="none">> D800E.b) quick review of the RAW for culling: e.g., I flag the acceptable,<br clear="none">> pending, and rejectsc) move the acceptable and pending to appropriate<br clear="none">> folders for darktable or rawtherapee to take over. That should be easy,<br clear="none">> right? It's harder than I thought so what am I doing wrong?<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div></div>
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