On 10/26/14 06:10, Stephen Morris wrote:
> On 10/25/2014 12:14 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> On 10/25/14 07:31, Stephen Morris wrote:
>>> DigiKam now seems be displaying the files on the camera now as well, 
>>> whereas yesterday it couldn't either, although digiKam doesn't understand 
>>> the raw format files that I am taking with the camera. I could use jpeg 
>>> images but that is not as good for image manipulation and corrections as 
>>> raw is.
>> You may be bumping up against an issue with DigiKam and image previews.
>>
>> I have this issue with a Cannon.  When I hook up the camera a "preview" 
>> window pops up the photos taken in RAW format do not display in the preview. 
>>  However, once they are downloaded and placed in the library they display 
>> and can be worked with just fine.  This is with LibRaw-0.15.4-1.fc20 
>> installed.
>>
> When you say the photos don't display in the preview, do you mean it doesn't 
> see the files at all, or can't show the contents?

It shows the existence of the files with a "default icon" but not the image 
itself.

> I assumed the reason it shows a default image for the files rather than the 
> contents was because the raw format on my Nikon is proprietary and libraw 
> hasn't been updated to support the format. The same issue was present with 
> the raw interface in Photoshop/Photoshop Elements, it had to be updated to 
> support the camera before it could manipulate the files in the NEF format 
> that the D3100 takes.

In digikam, if you go to "Help--->Supported Raw Cameras"  you'll see your 
camera is listed.

> I've tried accessing the camera with GIMP, but it can't even see it. I 
> haven't tried RAWTHERAPEE or DARKTABLE yet, but I know those two can process 
> the NEF files when they are on a hard disk.
>
And that appears to be the same for digikam.  Once you move the files to the 
system's disk you can view and work with them.


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