[digiKam-users] The woes of a Windows 10 digikam newbie user

[Rob Dueckman]

I haven't seen any screen grabs, so it's hard to see what you're
seeing.

Having said that, on windows 10, this works for me:

Import --> Cameras --> Add Camera Manually

You can either specify a camera, or a local folder if Windows is
automatically mounting your camera as a drive.





Rob

On Sat, 2021-02-20 at 18:35 +0000, The Man in Black wrote:
> 
> 
> "But in this case you should be able to go for 'Import > USB media >
> (name of memory-card)' and get an import dialog, right?"
> 
> Yes, that makes good sense and should work.
> Alas, the Import menu has grayed out the USB Storage Devices.
> Reasons? Unknown.
> So that's off the table, in the growing list of things I'm not able
> to do.  
> 
> I suppose there are few Windows users of digiKam, most being *nix.
> Otherwise these glitches, in one's face and glaring and obvious,
> would have been noticed and fixed by the community already.
> 
> On Saturday, February 20, 2021, 10:02:22 AM PST, Sveinn í Felli
> <sv1 at fellsnet.is> wrote: 
> 
> 
> Þann 20.2.2021 17:37, skrifaði The Man in Black:
> >  Ok, so I downloaded 7.2.0-rc, installed it.I went to Import and
> added camera Nikon D800E via usb.
> > I hook up my camera via usb to the computer.I turn on the camera.Up
> pops up immediately the Windows Explorer dialog box showing the two
> drives (for the two cards: jpeg, raw) on my camera.That confirms the
> OS acknowledges the camera and drives are visible to it via usb.
> > I go to digiKam and Import-Camera-NikonD800E and up pops up the
> digiKam dialog box that says"Failed to connect to camera.  Make sure
> it's connected properly and turned on."
> 
> But in this case you should be able to go for 'Import > USB media > 
> (name of memory-card)' and get an import dialog, right?
> The camera is presenting itself as an USB-device, I mostly use that
> route.
> 
> Best,
> Sveinn í Felli
> 
> 
> 
> > Remco, what am I doing wrong and what should I do to get
> digiKam7.2.0-rc to register my Nikon D800E connected via usb and
> allow import of the raw and jpeg images on the drives there?
> > The "good news" (if any) is that (for now), under Import I can see
> Add Folders, Add Images.They were grayed out in the 7.1.0-stable
> version.Assuming they are what I expect them to be, I believe this
> allows for me to COPY the files from the camera's drives to folders
> on the computer and then have digiKam Add those folders (and their
> images) to constitute Albums.An improvement over 7.1.0 but far from
> being able to import directly from the camera...
> > 
> > 
> >      On Saturday, February 20, 2021, 09:09:46 AM PST, The Man in
> Black <kolam72002 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >  
> >    
> > Remco, my gratitude for your attention and responses to my queries.
> > "As for Digikam not recognising the camera: does the OS recognise
> the camera(or at least that it is attached as a known device)?"Yes,
> that's been no problem.I hook the camera up via USB and the computer
> instantly recognizes its presence.Nikon FX2 software recognizes
> it.And so on.
> > I could of course use the Nikon software but it doesn't do what
> digiKam doesAnd in trying to get what digiKam offers I end up in the
> Land of Woes!
> > I shall download the 7.2.0-rc later today and execute your
> suggestions and post the update.
> > Along with digiKam I also get a separate app called "Showfoto".It
> appears to be a simple, quick way to view pics (compared to the
> Microsoft Windows PhotoViewer).So, excited about that, I went about
> trying to set up Showfoto as my default app for viewing pics.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...
> > 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....
> > 
> >      On Saturday, February 20, 2021, 08:39:10 AM PST, Remco Viëtor
> <remco.vietor at wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> >  
> >  On samedi 20 février 2021 16:41:51 CET The Man in Black wrote:
> >>    My appreciation to Remco for his response to my post detailing
> my woes with
> >> digiKam.A modest update following Remco's suggestions: "My digikam
> version,
> >> 7.1.0, shows support for both Nikon D800E"Could you direct me to
> where I
> >> would find, and set up support, in my installation of 7.1.0 for my
> Nikon
> >> D800E?
> > 
> > You can check that under Help -> Supported RAW cameras.
> > I'd expect it to be present on your version as well, if not, you
> cannot do
> > much about it...
> > 
> >> I'd prefer digiKam import directly from the camera.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!
> > Depends also on your photography, and computer setup. I find it as
> easy to
> > extract (one) memory card and put it in the already attached card
> reader, as
> > to connect the usb cable. In addition, if I end up with several
> cards to read,
> > card reader becomes *much* easier. And also, I don't use raw+jpeg.
> > 
> >> 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.
> > To have Digikam check for new folders etc. *on startup*, you may
> have to
> > activate that under "Settings" -> "Configure Digikam" ->
> Miscellaneous", then
> > it's the first option in the "behaviour" tab. That picks up folders
> and images
> > added from outside Digikam. It's an option, as it can slow down
> startup (e.g.
> > collections stored on network devices). I dont think Digikam picks
> up folders
> > and images added to its collection(s) while it is running, though.
> > 
> > As for Digikam not recognising the camera: does the OS recognise
> the camera
> > (or at least that it is attached as a known device)? If not,
> Digikam won't see
> > there's a camera attached...
> > 
> >> That's not
> >> working for me yet but I shall persevere... My whole intent of
> using
> >> digiKam is:a) quick import of RAW and jpeg images from my camera,
> the Nikon
> >> D800E.b) quick review of the RAW for culling: e.g., I flag the
> acceptable,
> >> pending, and rejectsc) move the acceptable and pending to
> appropriate
> >> folders for darktable or rawtherapee to take over. That should be
> easy,
> >> right? It's harder than I thought so what am I doing wrong?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >      
> > 
> 
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