Just wanted to post a quick thumbs-up here; last weekend I shot my first major tournament since switching completely to darktable. Over 2400 photos collected over 2 days, and the results are completely satisfactory. Of equal importance, being able to customize the workflow using shortcuts allowed me to speed through the images with rarely a second thought.
Note: all processing was done with a development version 5.1.x - yes, I trusted it enough to use on an important project. Next project will be using the 5.3.x branch unless I have problems with it between now and July.
I use the development version all the time, thanks to the weekly windows builds. Very rarely does it cause a problem and when it does the developers want to know so it can be fixed by the next week. I can’t wait for the AgX module to appear in the development version.
I did report an issue with the lighttable “move” command, and it has been marked as “reproduced” so hopefully that will be addressed soon. One of the nice things about this app is that there is more than one way to perform most operations, so even a broken command is not often a show-stopper.
Yes, darktable is awesome. Both in its functionality, and in pure fun. It gives you lots of control and give you a chance to find your own path to image editing. After briefly trying the competition (Capture One, DxO, etc.), I find those editors VERY boring.
The darktable devs are awesome for putting in so much work to make this program!