Re: [Lensfun-users] Latest Database Files For Windows Users
Hi Jys, Thanks for the response - are you part of the dev team? I can see that the files are available but I am a working photographer rather than a techie so I hesitate to use those files. I use ACDsee and Affinity photo both of which rely on lensfun so I've only recently become aware of the database when a lens profile I needed wasn't available - but it was listed on lesnfun - it was actually really simple using that tarball to update the software. I have now though just upgraded to a Pentax K-1 and there are very few lens profiles available. I have a load of lenses so I was going to just drive down to a local retail park and shoot a set of calibration images for each - then hopefully they'll filter through to the tarball and I can update my software but from the thread where the tarball was first mentioned it is unclear if it was just an idea or if it is being maintained (and indeed how to tell when it is updated) I would really like to help strengthen the database with profiles for Pentax as it seems all the real competition for Adobe products rely on it and I don't really want to switch to Adobe - I like the stuff I use. (I do hope that they've donated to the project as they so clearly rely on it) Regards John www.deemo.co.uk www.adviser-websites.co.uk *When replying to us it would be great if you could 'reply all' that strange long email address you see in the cc field copies your email in to our customer jobs system so you will get faster service and your job notes can be seen by anyone working on it. (The email address is different for each job so don't bother saving it in your address book)* On 29 December 2017 at 23:31, wrote: > The files in that tarball seem to have been last updated almost two months > ago; I don't know what determines the schedule for that. The bleeding edge > database is available at the git repository: > > https://github.com/lensfun/lensfun/tree/master/data/db > > but there are a couple of caveats. The files are in "version 2" format, > which needs to be backported for versions of lensfun < 0.3 due to > restructuring. You would need to determine what version of lensfun your > software is using. The repository is also subject to possible errors and > subsequent corrections, so any use of it should probably include watching > the repository for commits. > > -- > jys > > > On Thu, Dec 28, 2017, at 06:22, John J Bloomfield wrote: > > Hi > > > > I use several windows programs that use the lensfun database and it is a > > simple job to manually update them. > > > > I did it a couple of months ago using the folder located at > > http://wilson.bronger.org/lensfun-db/version_1.tar.bz2 as mentioned in > one > > of the project mailing list archives > > > > But I am now wondering is that folder/file being updated or was it just > an > > idea that isn't being maintained? If it is being maintained perhaps it > > would be a good idea to make the link more obviously available? If it is > > not being maintained then how does one obtain the most up to date > database > > files for the purposes of updateing a windows program? > > > > Many Thanks for all your hard work. > > > > John > > > -- > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > ___ > > Lensfun-users mailing list > > Lensfun-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lensfun-users > > > -- > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > ___ > Lensfun-users mailing list > Lensfun-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lensfun-users > -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot___ Lensfun-users mailing list Lensfun-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lensfun-users
[Lensfun-users] Image submission to profile timescales.
Hi All Just a quick question. Approximately how long does it take from submitting images to a profile making it in to the database? Sent from mobile I have big thumbs so sorry for for typos... I hope they were amusing and not offensive. 😀 -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot___ Lensfun-users mailing list Lensfun-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lensfun-users
Re: [Lensfun-users] Latest Database Files For Windows Users
On Sun, Dec 31, 2017, at 14:04, John J Bloomfield wrote: > Hi Jys, > > Thanks for the response - are you part of the dev team? Not for the lensfun software itself, just one of the monkeys who create the profiles from the submitted images. The git repository linked to earlier is only for this purpose at this point. > I can see that the files are available but I am a working photographer > rather than a techie so I hesitate to use those files. The worst case would likely be that your software simply refuses to use one, if the software isn't using the most recent version of the API (which isn't really all that recent). > I use ACDsee and Affinity photo both of which rely on lensfun so I've only > recently become aware of the database when a lens profile I needed wasn't > available - but it was listed on lesnfun - it was actually really simple > using that tarball to update the software. There's a python script included in the source and available on most Linux distros that I believe depends on the same tarball, so hopefully it will continue to be updated. All of this is being maintained by people in their spare time, and particularly around this time of year things can lag behind. > I have now though just upgraded > to a Pentax K-1 and there are very few lens profiles available. I have a > load of lenses so I was going to just drive down to a local retail park and > shoot a set of calibration images for each - then hopefully they'll filter > through to the tarball and I can update my software but from the thread > where the tarball was first mentioned it is unclear if it was just an idea > or if it is being maintained (and indeed how to tell when it is updated) If you mean the upload form at http://wilson.bronger.org/calibration then yes, that results in the files being stored on a server where one of the calibrators (possibly myself) can use them to create the profile when they have some time to devote to the task (zooms can be a lot of work, primes not so much). There's been some discussion (some off-list) about adding full-frame versions of some of the Pentax APS-C lenses to the database, since some of them appear to be useful in that context. I'll describe some of the things that need to be considered when doing this kind of calibration in another mail to the list when I get a chance. > I would really like to help strengthen the database with profiles for > Pentax as it seems all the real competition for Adobe products rely on it > and I don't really want to switch to Adobe - I like the stuff I use. (I do > hope that they've donated to the project as they so clearly rely on it) I don't believe there's been any contact between the project and developers of commercial software, but it might be a nice gesture if commercial developers using the database offered to provide some additional hosting/maintenance for database packages... as a customer who finds the feature useful, you could suggest it. ;) Meanwhile, to avoid redundant effort, you could list the lenses that you are willing to provide calibration images for, since there's been at least one other Pentax user interested in the same thing here recently (it sounded like they might have trouble locating suitable targets). -- jys -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ___ Lensfun-users mailing list Lensfun-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lensfun-users
