On Sun, Dec 6, 2020 at 11:49 AM Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote: > > On Sun, 6 Dec 2020 11:36:22 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > This isn't Gentoo specific but I'm wondering if anyone knows how to edit > > values shown in the 'Details' tab of Dolphin, either in KDE or at the > > command line? > > > > To keep graphics out of this email feed I'm attaching a link to a > > screenshot on Google Drive. Hopefully the permissions allow anyone to > > view it. > > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pfbMAMz5Btbyx7tAJ90c2KXDKeMRWBOA/view?usp=sharing > > > > In this case I'm shooting digital pictures on a modern DSLR with a lens > > originally built in the 1970's for film cameras. As such it does not > > report to the camera it's focal length and fstop which are filled in > > with default values by the camera at 50mm and f/0. The lens is actually > > a 200mm lens with fstops 4 to 22. I'd like to edit those two values if > > possible. > > You can do it from the command line with media-libs/exiftool. Dolphin > only shows the values here, I wonder if there might be a plugin for > editing. >
I suspect learning to do it from the command line is my best long-term answer. This is mostly about astrophotography where I set up a shot and then do 100's of exposures. They all have the same values so finding a way to edit 300 or even 1000 files at one time from the command line is my best case. I currently put them in folders that are labeled but eventually things get copied and moved around and I wanted a better solution. Stunning how many other parameters are attached to the source file and not shown in Dolphin. I had no idea that Canon actually has 256 parameters according to a pipe through wc. Thanks very much Neil. This is the exact solution I was looking for. Cheers, Mark
