[Digikam-users] Lensfun -- most cameras and lenses missing

[Gilles Caulier]

2011/10/31 Chris Dennis <cgdennis at btinternet.com>:
> Hello Digikam people
>
> I've just installed Digikam on a new installation of ArchLinux. Everything
> is pretty much up to date -- Digikam is 2.2.0.
>
> Most of it works well, but the Lens Auto-Correction screen only lists a few
> cameras and lenses, nowhere near the whole list that I can see in the
> Lensfun xml files.  Strangely, the first time I try to use lens
> auto-correction, only Samsung cameras are listed; the second time, I see
> Fujifilm, Kodak, and Nikon too; with further attempts, no more cameras
> appear.  Which is a pity, because my camera is a Canon.
>
> On the console, I can see these error messages:
>
> digikam(976)/digikam (core) Digikam::DimgInterface::getImg: d->image is NULL
> digikam(976)/digikam (core): ERROR: LensFun Interface Lens device is null.
>
> Googling on those hasn't turned up anything useful.
>
> It may be that I've got some libraries missing from ArchLinux.
>

No. lensfun (last code), is included in digiKam core. And yes, more
lens need to be added.

Contact lensfun author through lensfun project website to contribute.
There is a tutorial to register new device.

http://lensfun.berlios.de/

Best

Gilles Caulier