Connect a device (dt 2.6.2 on Windows 10)

Software darktable
1

Hello darktable experts,

I am using darktable 2.6.2 on Windows 10 and want to conncet my camera Fujifilm X-E3.
Unfortunately this doesn’t work, i.e. the message on top left of lightable stays “no supported devices found”.

Now I am not sure, if I am doing something wrong or if the X-E3 isn’t supported.
Background why I want to use this functionality:
I am currently working with Lightroom 6.14, but thinking of switching to darktable, and would like to stick to my workflows as far as possible. In this case this is copying/moving fotos from a camera to a folder to be created by darktable and a file rename (both based on exif data).

Any help would be more than welcome.

Thanks in advance for taking your time!

Jacob

2

gphoto2 is the library that handles this type of connection. I don’t see the X-E3 listed as supported.

You can work to add support and we would be able to help with that.

3

thank you , I found the list gphoto2 with the section “To report a not yet supported camera…”

I am motivated to give input, but I don’t understand the procedure, e.g. " Record the output of lsusb to get the USB ids.": Is this referring to Windows? I have no clue what lsusb is.
Could you give me a hint?

4

lsusb is a Linux command. You’d need some sort of terminal on windows, such as msys2 mingw.

Perhaps @afre @peterbud or @gaaned92 can help with specifics

5

@peterbud is likely the most equipped to help.

6

@peterbud I am not very technical, but curious. I installed now MSYS2 MinGW 64-bit on my Windows 10 PC. I am really willing to give more to the community than I get back. But could you give me a helping hand?
What exactly do I need to do to provide the required feedback mentioned here:

  • Record the output of lsusb to get the USB ids.
  • Record the output of gphoto2 --auto-detect to see if it is detected in a generic way, or by another name. If it is detected already, run the steps below:
  • Record the output of LANG=C gphoto2 --summary >summary.txt to get generic summary information into the summary.txt file.
  • Record the output of LANG=C gphoto2 --list-all-config >config.txt to get the configuration tree into the config.txt file.
  • Record the output of gphoto2 --capture-image to see if capture works already.

Thanks for your time!

Regards
Jacob

7

@marccccc before going down that road…
libgphoto does support Fuji Fujifilm X-E2, which gives some confidence that X-E3 might work, so let’s find out whether your camera is supported first.
First question: have you followed the description how to set up camera driver for tethering:

libgphoto2 doesn’t work with the default Windows drivers used for connecting them via USB. For tethering to work (in general for libgphoto2 and libusb to work) you need to install a libusb compatible driver.

8

Curiosity is more valuable than technical skill! If you’re curious enough, you’ll end up with technical skill as a biproduct of your curiosity :slight_smile:

9

Yeah, solved!
Meanwhile I was overwhelmed by the amount of technical details in the descriptions. But concentrated reading and the willingness to take a certain risk helped.

Thanks a lot!

Regards
Jacob

1 Like
10

thanks to you peperdigits as well as you moved this topic forward!