[Digikam-users] jpeg compression

[Arnd Baecker]

On Sun, 8 Jul 2007, [iso-8859-1] Bjørn Kvisli wrote:

> Lørdag 07 juli 2007 23:56, skrev Arnd Baecker:
> > Hi Bjoern,
> >
> > On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, [iso-8859-1] Bjørn Kvisli wrote:
> > > Lørdag 30 juni 2007 18:34, skrev Arnd Baecker:
> > > > Would it make sense to put a brief summary of the contents of this
> > > > thread into a FAQ entry (eg. "Which image format should I choose?")?
> > > >
> > > > If yes, Bjorn, could you maybe set up a short text, which
> > > > I could then put into the FAQ on the digikam homepage?
> > >
> > > Hi Arnd
> > > I was about to start writing a small piece, but discovered something
> > > unfortunate when prepping this week's holiday photos from Berlin and
> > > Potsdam: I used the Digikam batch process to convert the jpeg files from
> > > my Nikon D40 to png, and found that all the exif data were lost during
> > > conversion. I also took a few photos with my digital VCR camera, but
> > > these images did not loose the exif data. Strange? When I opened a jpeg
> > > file from the D40 in the editor and saved it as a  png, the exif data
> > > were also *not* lost. I have Digkam 0.9.0.
> >
> > Sounds like a bug (or non-feature) to me.
> > You could try with 0.9.2, but I am not sure if anything was
> > done in that part ...
>
> I'm not sure if I manage to install 0.9.2 on Kubuntu Dapper.

might be easier to upgrade ;-)
(I know never stop a running system - so don't blame me
if it breaks ...)

Good luck, Arnd