Import view does not show file protection state of images on SDcard

Maik Qualmann metzpinguin at gmail.com
Fri Aug 8 07:17:26 BST 2025


Hi Christian,

Selecting only "locked" entries works here.
You opened two posts and did you also read Gilles' reply?
With GPhoto2, it may depend on the device whether the transfer of the "locked" 
information is supported or whether GPhoto2 supports it.
Has it ever worked with your camera?

Maik

Am Donnerstag, 7. August 2025, 22:51:52 Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit schrieb 
Christian Graesser:
>  Hi Maik, I use BreezeLight, and see the Lock icon in the menues, "select
> protected" and "invert protection"  (Free translated from germen menues )
> The images are protected inside Olympus E-M1 Mark II.
> When I press select protected none are selected
> Something else I can try?
> //Christian
>     Den torsdag 7 augusti 2025 kl. 22:38:21 CEST, Maik Qualmann
> <metzpinguin at gmail.com> skrev:
> 
>  Tested here with my Nikon via GPhoto2 network PTP, the locked images are
> displayed in digiKam with a lock icon.
> Perhaps you're not using the Breeze icon theme, and the lock icon isn't
> available?
> 
> Maik
> 
> Am Donnerstag, 7. August 2025, 21:52:04 Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit schrieb
> Christian Graesser:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Usually I review the images using the camera and those with good quality
> > then I mark inside the camera with "file protection".
> > 
> > Previously I could see whether a file was protected when I import it using
> > the SD card in the laptop. Then I could use the menu "select protected"
> > and
> > could download them. The protected icon = "Lock" is not visible any more
> > in
> > any image.
> > 
> > What is wrong here?
> > 
> > I use installed DigiKam 8.7 on Manjaro Linux.
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks for  help
> > 
> > Christian






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