What is the difference between .x3f and .exr?
- Extension
- .x3f
- .exr
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Camera
- Raster Image
- Developer
- SIGMA
- Industrial Light & Magic
- 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.
- Raster image stored in the OpenEXR format, a high dynamic-range (HDR) image file format developed by Industrial Light & Magic; supports multi-layer images, lossy and lossless compression, and 16-bit and 32-bit pixels; used for storing deep raster images for high-quality graphics; used by raster graphics editing programs and imaging applications.
- MIME Type
- image/x-sigma-x3f
- image/x-exr
- Sample
- sample.x3f
- sample.exr
- Wikipedia
- .x3f on Wikipedia
- .exr on Wikipedia