Import showing heic as jpg

[Mark Thompson]

Hi,

I’m trying to switch to Linux (KDE Neon) from a Mac, and I’m using digikam 8.2 as a photo manager. But when I try and import photos from my iPhone, it shows all the .heic files as .jpg. Is this normal? If I import one it’s stored as a .jpg. 

I can drag and drop a .heic file and it appears in the album as .heic, and the .heic file is added to my pictures folder. So I know it can import .heic ok.

Is there a way to import as native .heic files please?

Many thanks.

Mark