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Detect Lens info from in camera list description for manual lenses on Nikon Zf
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I have a similar problem with the images from my Nikon Zf as described in #18636 and this will also be the case for other Z cameras such as the Z6III, Z8, Z9. From firmware 2.0 the camera offers the possibility to create a list for lenses without CPU in which the lens name, the focal length and the speed of each lens can be entered. If a corresponding lens is used on the camera, it can then be selected from the list. The aperture set on the lens can be adopted on the camera using a selection dial. Unfortunately, this data is only stored in the Exif.Photo data. However, Darktable only reads the Exif.Nikon data and recognizes Manual Lens No CPU
exiv2 -pt DSC_0034.NEF | grep -i Lens
Exif.Nikon3.LensType Byte 1 MF
Exif.Nikon3.Lens Rational 4 n/a
Exif.Nikon3.LensFStops Undefined 4 0
Exif.NikonLd4.LensIDNumber Byte 1 Manual Lens No CPU
Exif.NikonLd4.LensFStops Byte 1 F0.0
Exif.NikonLd4.LensID Short 1 0
Exif.Photo.LensSpecification Rational 4 n/a
Exif.Photo.LensMake Ascii 6
Exif.Photo.LensModel Ascii 65 Summicron-M 1:2/50
Exif.Photo.LensSerialNumber Ascii 11
Describe the solution you'd like
If Darktable recognizes "No CPU", the Exif.Photo data should also be evaluated.
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