What is the difference between .x3f and .pgm?
- Extension
- .x3f
- .pgm
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Camera
- Raster Image
- Developer
- SIGMA
- Jef Poskanzer
- 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.
- A PGM file is a grayscale image file saved in the portable gray map (PGM) format and encoded with one or two bytes (8 or 16 bits) per pixel. It contains header information and a grid of numbers that represent different shades of gray from black (0) to white (up to 65,536). PGM files are typically stored in ASCII text format, but also have a binary representation.
- MIME Type
- image/x-sigma-x3f
- image/x-portable-graymap
- Sample
- sample.x3f
- sample.pgm
- Wikipedia
- .x3f on Wikipedia
- .pgm on Wikipedia