.NEFX editing in Darktable

Hy there.
First, merry Christmas to all. I was wondering if someone already looked in to this. I am trying out the pixelshift option in my new z8. I was wondering if there is some development to get it working. Or if it would be possible at all. I don’t have the knowledge to get more infos on that topic. If necessary i could provide a sample file. I would like to edit the merged images in darktable as i know it well and i don’t think that the nikon software is as powerfull. I know i could export them as tiff files. I was wondering if this would give me some loss in image quality?

I defer to more knowledgeable people who answer here, especially the developers. I suspect pixel shifting is not on the radar for DT. However, this article might provide some useful suggestions for you.

Pixelshift2dng works only with pentax and sony. I think it is because those two brands combine the images in camera.

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It seams the new version of libraw supports nefx. Is there a way to update it? I tried it with compiling it myself. But libraw in synaptic is still on the old version. Maybe i am missing something. Every help for somebody who understands zero in doing such things is highly appreciated.

I prefer to use RawTherapee for pixelshift files (Pentax) but I decided long ago that the file size and processing overhead is not worth it to me when comparing the outcome to a regular Pentax raw file.

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