Comments on: Nikon D40x in Ubuntu Linux

By: shakir

shakir — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:43:08 +0000

@Regis B: I get .ppm files after saving the edited .nef while opening it with ufraw. I later use ppmtojpeg to convert the .ppm to jpeg format. Using ufraw-batch as in my post would give jpegs of unprocessed raw/nef, which surely is nothing not comparable to the JPG output of d40x.. I promised to blog again about this (some fixes, and a functional, interctive script, but then, I’m still trying to squeeze my time for it..

By: Regis B.

Regis B. — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:14:33 +0000

I realised the output of ufraw was not close enough with the JPG output of the d40x, whatever the options of ufraw were. After much tattering and testing and googling, the only correct and free solution was to install IrfanView (http://www.irfanview.com/) with the latest plugins installed and to use the program with Wine.
I know, this solution is not really rewarding intellectually speaking, and if you got anything better please let me know.

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By: shakir

shakir — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:31:29 +0000

Régis B.: I’ll look into that and post on it here.
sudopeople: I don’t like automount and so I disabled it I’m into improving this post + script and would probably come out with a new post about it..

By: sudopeople

sudopeople — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:03:20 +0000

Your script has helped me out a lot, thanks for sharing.

My thoughts:

Why does it mount your drive? Both the camera and the card itself automount in Dapper+
Why does your script move each .nef in the loop then move all again at the end?
My D40x names the images .NEF on my card not .nef I wonder why yours does them in lowercase…maybe it’s a fat32 filesystem thing with my drive. (I use a Micro SD so I can use my tiny USB card reader)

Thanks again! + I lolled @ your shots

Tiny Card Reader
http://usb.brando.com.hk/prod_detail.php?prod_id=00331

By: Régis B.

Régis B. — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:53:07 +0000

I discovered your blog entry while I was looking for a way to convert my neffiles from my d40x to an “easier” format. After several tests, I realised the output of the ufraw command could be greatly improved by setting the –saturation and –gamma options manually. The results of my experiences is that “–saturation=1.6 –gamma=0.25″ are the parameters that work best, i.e: the output is the closest I could get of the jpeg files that the camera creates when it is set to RAW+low res JPEG.

What do you think?

By: shakir

shakir — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:48:47 +0000

chfl4gs_: Too bad that BSD stands for something that I couldn’t even understand what the taxi driver was explaining, and it’s not at all a geek’s city of some sort

peja: Yup, a sempoi one (a rock star too he is, rite? hehe). I just heard ITB is a good place, and we did have drive around the campus while we were there. Too crowded

By: peja

peja — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 01:09:25 +0000

Lama dah follow!!..blog Pak Budi Rahardjo sempoii..
amacam cewek2 Bandoeng?..hhaha..I was there (ITB)last year for Nanotech Events & UKM-ITB-LIPI Collaboration

By: chfl4gs_

chfl4gs_ — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 03:39:24 +0000

BSD City?!! wow… hahahaha. nice one.

By: shakir

shakir — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:30:55 +0000

Wah Mr Peja, follow blog Pak Budi ke?

Yup, was at Indonesia for BCS07, and for the visit too.