- Extension
- .x3f
- .vips
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Camera
- Raster Image
- Developer
- SIGMA
- VIPS (Visual Information Processing System)
- 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.
- VIPS is a libvips file format mainly used for calculations, but it can also store images. The main advantage is that it has no size limit; it's fast and straightforward. Nonetheless, most applications can't view it, so converting it to a more popular format is the only way to work around it.
- MIME Type
- image/x-sigma-x3f
- image/vnd.vips
