User's Guide

PHOCUS
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.
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