[Lancaster] Digital Image Processing -- EXIF data and RAW files

[Martyn Welch]

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Hi Ken,

It might be worth writing a little web-page describing the full stack of 
software available for using the camera under Linux e.g.:

How the camera is made availble to linux
How to get the pictures off the camera
Any software for reading image type (with links to homepages)
Plugins and stuff for other apps for image editing etc.

We should really document this stuff better (I've started with stuff at uni: 
http://ubicomp.lancs.ac.uk/~martyn/ - Look at "unpublished" stuff)

This way someone with the same camera/someone thinking about buying a camera 
can easily find info describing how it works with Linux.

Martyn

- ------ Original message ------
On Monday 24 Jan 2005 10:08, Ken Hough wrote:

> For general info:
>
> I recently bought a digital SLR camera and expected to have to run
> Microsoft Windows to be able to read EXIF data and process RAW files.
> However, SuSE Linux v9.1 Professional includes 'exif' and 'jhead' which
> will both read EXIF data. I know that 'jhead' at least is available via
> the web, but can't remember the location.
>
> I've also discovered and installed a plugin for GIMP which allows me to
> manipulate RAW files before loading directly into GIMP.
>
> The plugin is 'rawphoto' and this makes uses the 'dcraw' utility, both
> of these can be found via: > http://www.cybercom.net/~dcoffin/dcraw/
>
> Both are provided as single 'C' source files which must be compiled.
> This is very simple and clear intructions are given in the associated
> help web page.
>
> 'dcraw' is claimed to support over 90 different cameras, including my
> own (not well known in the UK) PENTAX *istD SLR.
>
> Regards
>
> Ken Hough
>
>
>
>
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Martyn Welch (welchm at comp.lancs.ac.uk)

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