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907X 50C USER GUIDE
9.3 PHOCUS AND HASSELBLAD CAPTURE
FILES
Images captured by the camera are stored as Hasselblad RAW
format les or JPEG format. It is possible to store either RAW
or JPG or both RAW and JPG simultaneously.
Hasselblad RAW les are initially stored in the 3FR format
which is a proprietary Hasselblad format for the temporary
storage of captures. A 3FR le contains the complete digitized
raw image exactly as it was captured by the camera. 3FR
information requires further computing power (typically by
way of Phocus) to obtain complete development. If developed
in Phocus, 3FR les become Hasselblad 3F les – denoted
by each le now bearing the sufx “.fff”. If developed by
other RAW processors, the 3FR les are not converted to 3F
but can be exported directly to TIFF and PSD according to
requirements.
When working tethered to Phocus or Phocus Mobile 2, 3FR
les are automatically processed and stored in the back-
ground on a computer appearing as 3F les on the hard disk
ready for selective adjustment and export. 3FR les stored on
a SD card can be processed using:
Hasselblad Phocus
Adobe Camera Raw
Adobe Lightroom
Capture les can be stored for future use as 3FR les (from a
SD card) for later processing in Phocus or other software, or
they can be stored as 3F les (as a result of tethered shooting
or 3FR les processed and converted in Phocus). In all cases
if you keep the original 3FR/3F les, you will also retain the
possibility of reprocessing them in the future in later versions
of Phocus or other software to take advantage of eventual
improvements and developments.