> Message du 02/01/21 19:30 > De : "Tom Whale" > A : darktable-user@lists.darktable.org > Copie à : > Objet : Re: [darktable-user] Importing from camera > > 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.
Yes, indeed. And this is why I use /import/ through the 5 first lines, describing what I think to be a database related operation (line 6), and then suggest to /copy/ the files to the disk as the most sensible thing to do. Rgrds, J.-Luc ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org
