On 02.01.2021 at 18:47 Jean-Luc CECCOLI wrote: > I wonder why on earth do some people absolutely want to import right from the > camera. > It is far slower and less safe than doing it by reading the card from a card > reader. > Safe : if the card falls on to the ground, it will not be the same as if it > were the camera. > Slower : I admit this is based upon my own observations with Nikon > 1 v1, D700 and D4s conneted either via usb2 or usb3. > Plus, if I do not mistake, this just does import the pictures into > the database, so they will not be available anymore after unplugging the > camera. > I think, together with others on this list, that the best is to > copy the files from the card to the disk, and then import them. > There are many tools that allow organizing while copying, most of > them have been listed in previous posts.
But you cannot import directly from SD-card. When doing this, the photos remain on the SD-Card and the sidecar-files are written on the SD-card. Sorry but this is a no-go. The only practicable way is to copy the photos on the harddisk. ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org
