[digiKam-users] importing photos - strange behaviour

[Remco Viëtor]

On lundi 6 juin 2022 16:19:00 CEST Maik Qualmann wrote:
> So that the date is actually read from the metadata, the option "Use file
> metadata (makes the connection slower)" must be activated in the digiKam
> Settings-> Camera-> Behavior. This was also the case with digiKam-7.3.0. It
> doesn't explain the huge loss in file size. I assume that no conversion to
> JPG/ PNG or DNG is active. What if they don't put the document name in the
> metadata?
> 
A change in filesize seems to imply that digikam is not just copying the file 
contents on import, but also modifying them...

For what it's worth: I do not see a change in filesize on just importing from 
an SD card (through a card reader, with no change of filename). But those are 
raw files (.ARW to be precise), and all options to allow digikam to write to 
raw files are disabled.

What type of files is OP importing? And how were the file sizes reported 
(directly in bytes, or translated from MB/MiB)?

Remco