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Darktable, Windows Build and Needs Old NX Photos

Started May 30, 2020 | Discussions
ttbek Veteran Member • Posts: 4,869
Darktable, Windows Build and Needs Old NX Photos
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Darktable now has a windows build:

https://discuss.pixls.us/t/darktable-for-windows/4966

That's probably old news to most of you by now. That link is old, they aren't on merely 2.4 anymore, get the latest at the usual source: https://www.darktable.org/install/

What I actually want to draw attention to is that they need photos: https://discuss.pixls.us/t/raw-samples-wanted/5420

They don't call out specifically NX photos (low demand probably), but if we want to keep good support in Darktable for older NX cameras, they could use the samples https://raw.pixls.us/?missing#repo Checking the list at the bottom, they could use samples for:

Samsung NX5

Samsung NX10

Samsung NX11

Samsung NX1100

Samsung NX20

Samsung NX2000

I don't think their SRW formats are much different, but just in case. They describe what sort they need, no people, etc... please read and send them what they need to keep supporting these cameras.

Non-NX Samsung Cameras they could also use samples from:

Samsung EK-GN120

Samsung S85

Samsung WB550

Unfortunately I don't have any of these models.  For anyone that does, let's help them help us... or at least have less of an excuse not to right ^_^.

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kypfer Contributing Member • Posts: 985
Re: Darktable, Windows Build and Needs Old NX Photos

This software seems to have ground to a halt two or three years ago. Doesn't seem to have been any updates since 2017.

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otto k Senior Member • Posts: 2,252
Re: Darktable, Windows Build and Needs Old NX Photos
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Huh? Regular updates and a major one here https://m.dpreview.com/news/1259748478/darktable-3-0-released-with-new-features-bug-fixes-and-major-gui-update

Edit - FWIW I have been using it regularly for over a decade IIRC, certainly for everything NX since I bought NX1000.

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OP ttbek Veteran Member • Posts: 4,869
Re: Darktable, Windows Build and Needs Old NX Photos
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kypfer wrote:

This software seems to have ground to a halt two or three years ago. Doesn't seem to have been any updates since 2017.

I'm going to echo Otto.  3.0, a major release, was just last December... which is not 2-3 years ago.  Lots of improvements, they're in the link Otto gave.  I don't really get where you're coming from as the project is active even adding features not just in support mode.

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kypfer Contributing Member • Posts: 985
Re: Darktable, Windows Build and Needs Old NX Photos
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ttbek wrote:

kypfer wrote:

This software seems to have ground to a halt two or three years ago. Doesn't seem to have been any updates since 2017.

I'm going to echo Otto. 3.0, a major release, was just last December... which is not 2-3 years ago. Lots of improvements, they're in the link Otto gave. I don't really get where you're coming from as the project is active even adding features not just in support mode.

Sorry, must have clicked on the wrong link ... it doesn't appear to be available for 32bit Windows anyway, so nothing lost

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Lawrence Norman
Lawrence Norman Regular Member • Posts: 437
Re: Darktable, Windows Build and Needs Old NX Photos

I just own the 2 newest NXers so I can't assist
I never knew about this gem for Windows, so I installed it, thank you

Read on if interested...
I use DXO Photolab as my RAW editor; provides DXOMARK's Body/Lens Database for RAW auto-correction. Interestingly though, no 10mm f/3.5 Fisheye.

Darktable's Body/Lens Correction is limited [for this niche feature] BUT look what I found on the first row below.

A quick review, no new Samsung Lenses e.g. 16-50 S f/2-2.8, big brother 50-150 S f/2.8, and older 18mm-200 Movie Pro.

I found this on the Darktable Feature Page:
https://www.darktable.org/about/features/
"lens defect correction using lensfun"
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"What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know. It's what we know for sure that just ain't so." -Mark Twain

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OP ttbek Veteran Member • Posts: 4,869
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TuVuVu wrote:

I just own the 2 newest NXers so I can't assist
I never knew about this gem for Windows, so I installed it, thank you

Read on if interested...
I use DXO Photolab as my RAW editor; provides DXOMARK's Body/Lens Database for RAW auto-correction. Interestingly though, no 10mm f/3.5 Fisheye.

Darktable's Body/Lens Correction is limited [for this niche feature] BUT look what I found on the first row below.

A quick review, no new Samsung Lenses e.g. 16-50 S f/2-2.8, big brother 50-150 S f/2.8, and older 18mm-200 Movie Pro.

I found this on the Darktable Feature Page:
https://www.darktable.org/about/features/
"lens defect correction using lensfun"--

Yep, they use the lensfun database, so taking the appropriate imageset and other calibration info and submitting it to lensfun will get your lens added. Kind of an involved process though. Here is a how to of sorts: https://pixls.us/articles/create-lens-calibration-data-for-lensfun/

"What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know. It's what we know for sure that just ain't so." -Mark Twain

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Lawrence Norman
Lawrence Norman Regular Member • Posts: 437
Re: Darktable, Windows Build and Needs Old NX Photos

ttbek wrote:

TuVuVu wrote:

I just own the 2 newest NXers so I can't assist
I never knew about this gem for Windows, so I installed it, thank you

Read on if interested...
I use DXO Photolab as my RAW editor; provides DXOMARK's Body/Lens Database for RAW auto-correction. Interestingly though, no 10mm f/3.5 Fisheye.

Darktable's Body/Lens Correction is limited [for this niche feature] BUT look what I found on the first row below.

A quick review, no new Samsung Lenses e.g. 16-50 S f/2-2.8, big brother 50-150 S f/2.8, and older 18mm-200 Movie Pro.

I found this on the Darktable Feature Page:
https://www.darktable.org/about/features/
"lens defect correction using lensfun

Yep, they use the lensfun database, so taking the appropriate imageset and other calibration info and submitting it to lensfun will get your lens added. Kind of an involved process though. Here is a how to of sorts: https://pixls.us/articles/create-lens-calibration-data-for-lensfun/

Great read, thank you, and we know Darktable pulls from:
https://github.com/lensfun/lensfun
Looking at my Photolab installation, each Body/Lens data file resides in a .caf file (I doubt it's Apple's 'Core Audio Format"). Used a few tools to open a .caf file and learned more

"What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know. It's what we know for sure that just ain't so." -Mark Twain

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