OK, upgraded to 11.04 (Natty) beta of Kubuntu, the issue with exiv2 does indeed appear to be solved, though I need the chance to recuperate from hospital before having new photos to import into Digikam to confirm it's OK there.
Here's what a repeat of the test I reported in comment #16 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exiv2/+bug/596327/comments/16 shows now: chris@quad:/tmp$ time exiv2 -M'set Exif.Image.Make NoName' DSC_0147.JPG real 0m0.020s user 0m0.000s sys 0m0.010s chris@quad:/tmp$ time exiv2 -M'set Exif.Image.Make NIKON CORPORATION' DSC_0147.JPG real 0m0.020s user 0m0.000s sys 0m0.010s chris@quad:/tmp$ time exiv2 -M'set Exif.Image.Make NoName' DSC_0147.JPG real 0m0.020s user 0m0.000s sys 0m0.010s *Much* better... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/596327 Title: Digikam imports images taken with Nikon Cameras extremely slow, takes a large amount of time processing exif data -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
