What is the difference between .x3f and .avif?
- Extension
- .x3f
- .avif
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Camera
- Raster Image
- Developer
- SIGMA
- AOMedia
- Description
- The X3F file format, also known as the SIGMA X3F Camera RAW File, is a proprietary image format developed by Sigma Corporation for storing raw image data captured by Sigma cameras equipped with the Foveon X3 sensor. Unlike standard JPEGs or TIFFs, X3F files contain unprocessed data from the camera's sensor, offering photographers greater flexibility in image editing.
- It is an image compression codec file with the same quality as .jpeg, but that is ten smaller. It supports HDR (High Dynamic Range). SDR (Standard Dynamic Range), and WCG (Wide Color Gamut) images. Also, it contains both the image sequences and image items. The only pitfall is that a few applications support it.
- MIME Type
- image/x-sigma-x3f
- image/avif
- Sample
- sample.x3f
- Wikipedia
- .x3f on Wikipedia
- .avif on Wikipedia