Hello Bernhard,

> according to https://www.darktable.org/resources/camera-support/
> darktable lacks of support for Nikon D500 and D850 (WB Presets and Custom
> Matrix). When I start to work on this, I want to be sure to do the right
> things.
>

Not necessary up to date. The D500 is missing WB presets yes, but the WB
presets are available for the D850.

And indeed the base-curves for D500 and D850 are missing.


>
>
> https://www.darktable.org/2012/10/whats-involved-with-adding-support-for-new-cameras/
> says in the first sentence:
>
> “*Update: This post is a few years old by now, and while most things are
> still valid there is at least one change: darktable doesn’t use
> dcraw/libraw and more.*”
>
> The Color Matrix chapter refers to
> https://encrypted.pcode.nl/blog/2010/06/28/darktable-camera-color-profiling/
> for getting the enhanced color matrix. This is 9 years old => still valid?
>

No, better use the color checker module now.
https://pixls.us/articles/profiling-a-camera-with-darktable-chart/

You'll need a good chart (it8 if possible) to get good results.


> The White Balance chapter points to a script
> http://ufraw.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ufraw/ufraw/wb_extract.pl that
> isn't available any more.
> How do I get further?
>

tools/extract_wb in dt repository.

>
>
> So my questions:
>
>    - Is the information given in the chapters “White balance presets” and
>    “Color Matrices” still valid or is there another newer workflow documented
>    somewhere (and if => where to find it)?
>    - Where do I submit the results?
>
>
As a GitHub PR here:
https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/pulls

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