Nikon support

[DeadKenny]

Yeah I know it's probably a dirty word, but I was just wondering what if anything is required to make an EE install be "nikon friendly" ;)


From what I can tell playing around with it I can fill in Nikon cameras and lenses, but there are some things like the modes and metering settings that are Canon specific. Would the exif handling and guessing of camera/lens also be Canon specific? Also, one thing I know is a pain with Nikon jpeg's is the ISO information is hidden away in the maker notes and most software doesn't read this properly so if that's not already handled it may need to be.

Other than that, it doesn't seem much to get it Nikon friendly (other than the Canon Photography Forum link at the top :D)?

p.s. on a separate note, the ftp requirement is a little hassle with Fedora Core installs as ftp is not installed by default (security risk, people use SSH/SFTP these days).

[Pekka]

Yeah I know it's probably a dirty word, but I was just wondering what if anything is required to make an EE install be "nikon friendly" ;)


From what I can tell playing around with it I can fill in Nikon cameras and lenses, but there are some things like the modes and metering settings that are Canon specific. Would the exif handling and guessing of camera/lens also be Canon specific? Also, one thing I know is a pain with Nikon jpeg's is the ISO information is hidden away in the maker notes and most software doesn't read this properly so if that's not already handled it may need to be.

Other than that, it doesn't seem much to get it Nikon friendly (other than the Canon Photography Forum link at the top :D)?



Cameras and links are just examples. They are not carved in stone. More EXIF makernotes will get support later.

p.s. on a separate note, the ftp requirement is a little hassle with Fedora Core installs as ftp is not installed by default (security risk, people use SSH/SFTP these days).

You do not have to have ftp installed on php. EE has its own code.
FTP is quite secure when passive mode is used, and if you use it only for EE you can allow connects only from localhost and no one else will be able to even try to log in. It is also possible to write code to start the server when EE needs it and close it when it is done. One FTP account is a requirement and will be so.

With sockets you can do any protocol with PHP, as I have done with EE internal FTP. I may not have time to write SFTP functions (direct SSH is not an option I would use from PHP), maybe you can find someone to do it? It's all there in http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-secsh-filexfer-12.txt

[DeadKenny]

I meant to say ftp server (or ftpd). ftp itself is on fedora, just not the server. I've just installed proftpd on Fedora and set it up so it's only availble on the server to the server (i.e. no ftp port exposed externally). Seems to work when I configure all the paths.

Anything I can hack to set different values for 'mode' and 'exposure' so they follow Nikon names and exposure settings?

Looks good anyway:D

[Pekka]

Anything I can hack to set different values for 'mode' and 'exposure' so they follow Nikon names and exposure settings?

Edit SETTINGS_dropdowns.php (does not change existing data, though).

[DeadKenny]

Works great, cheers :D