* Timur Irikovich Davletshin <[email protected]> [04-04-18 08:01]: > On Wed, 2018-04-04 at 13:36 +0200, Tobias Ellinghaus wrote: > > Am Mittwoch, 4. April 2018, 13:15:39 CEST schrieb Timur Irikovich > > Davletshin: > > > Hello everybody! > > > > > > Just decided to play with DNG converter and discovered problem > > > related > > > to lens data interpretation by DT (2.4.2). > > > > > > 1. NEF file loaded by DT applies correct lens parameters. > > > Lens info shown by DT: Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G > > > VR II > > > > > > 2. DNG file cannot apply it because wrong EXIF information is used > > > (short lens name vs. full). > > > Lens info shown by DT: 18.0-55.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 > > > > > > 3. Focus information also is lost in DNG. > > > > That's why we tell everyone to never convert to DNG. > > > > Tobias > > > > [...] > > I believe problem is Nikon/DT related not DNG. Canon files I tried work > as expected. Another example Nikon D1X files converted to DNG are > useless because there is no way turn pixel scale module on manually.
simple, don't convert native files to dng. the dng format is not provided by Nikon and cannot know the proprietary secrets that Nikon uses to generate its raw files. dng is *not* a standard. dng makes changes the the original (raw). why convert your raw twice? -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode ___________________________________________________________________________ darktable developer mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
