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Lo_Sa
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April 17, 2026

P: Unable to openHasselblad’s FFF format

  • April 17, 2026
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Hasselblad’s FFF. formats are not supported anymore

Problem occurs in both Mac OS 15.5 (24F74)  & Windows 11 pro (Betriebssystembuild: 26100.7840)

When opening fff. files in the newest Bridge (16.0.3), Camera RAW Plugin (18.3.) opens and creates an error, claiming the file format is not supported. Same Problem occurs with  the newest Lightroom Classic (15.3). The Import is not possible cause the file format is not supported.

Thank you for your help!

      22 replies

      nik.m
      Community Manager
      nik.mCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      May 20, 2026

      Hi All, 

      The May release of Camera Raw 18.3.1 is now live and contains a fix for this issue. 

      For information on how to update the Camera Raw version, you can check: https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/apps/manage-apps/creative-cloud-apps/update-creative-cloud-apps-manually.html

       

      Thanks, 

      Nikunj 

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      Fuzzmut
      Inspiring
      May 20, 2026

      Can we expect an update to Lightroom Classic soon? Do you care about your users? Thank you.

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      miric
      Participating Frequently
      May 19, 2026

      I’m on latest LrC/Photoshop/ACR. Camera is Hasselblad X1D II. I’m still able to oped fff files exported in Phocus from 3FR but not fff shot in tethered mode in Phocus 4.1.2 macOS. I noticed it yesterday.

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      miric
      Participating Frequently
      May 20, 2026

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      krisvandesande
      krisvandesande
      Participant
      May 12, 2026

      3 Weeks later, still no fix happening. My clients are waiting for their photos. 

      Also still pissed Adobe Support first blamed my camera and setup, before retracting their tail and admitting it is a bug on their end. 

       
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      Barrie Spence
      Participating Frequently
      May 7, 2026

      LRC 15.3 broke my H6D-50c .FFF raws (but the older H5D-40 flies appear ok) - I’ve reverted to the older release of LRC.

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        Frank Erpinar
        Participant
        May 6, 2026

        Hi Just_Alex_,
        Did you find a solution?
        Frank

        momo86
        momo86
        Participant
        May 4, 2026

        Hello, Can you please give us a feedback? As you can imagine we are all professional photographer. So, if you don’t fix it we will change software. Come on, we are in 2026… hurry up!

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          Frank Erpinar
          Participant
          April 30, 2026

          Same Problem (Br, Ps and LrC). I can open and edit some .fff files, but not all. Unable to figure out the similarities within these files. So I:

          • deleted the .xmp files
          • deleted the cache
          • duplicated “successful” xmp-files and renamed them
          • edited .xmp-files and altered the values crs:Version and crs:ProcessVersion 
          • edited .fff files in Hasselblad’s phocus software
          • reinstalled Adobe software

          Still unable to view / edit ALL files.

          What worked (even though not an option):

          • converting .fff files in Hasselblad’s phocus software in .dng files (of course without the .xmp values)
          • installing ACR 14.5 (unable to display certain masks)
          • viewing / editing .3fr files (non-thethered / SD-card import)

          It all went south after installing ACR 18.3...

          Andrea Gorzegno
          Andrea Gorzegno
          Participant
          April 30, 2026

          I have same problem with file fff of my Hasselblad H6D 100, not possible open with new camera raw

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          Fuzzmut
          Inspiring
          April 30, 2026

          I hop Adobe will solve the problem as soon as possible. It changes my entire workflow.

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          Fuzzmut
          Inspiring
          April 28, 2026

          I have the same problem. I have macOS Tahoe 26.4.1 and Lightroom Classic 15.3 and Camera raw 18.3.

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          Fuzzmut
          Inspiring
          April 28, 2026

          I did a test with Affinity 3, no problem… It’s clearly a bug. I hope it will be settled very soon

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          Fuzzmut
          Inspiring
          April 28, 2026

          Bonjour, depuis quelque temps, j’ai des problèmes avec les fichiers FFF de mon X2D Hasselblad. Aucun problème avec le fichier 3FR. Le fichier FFF est généré par le Phocus le logiciel d’Hasselblad quand je travaille en mode connecté. Le problème n’est pas seulement avec les nouveaux fichiers, mais aussi les fichiers déjà dans mon catalogue. J’ai un message qui me dit « Le fichier semble être endommagé ou ne pas être pris en charge ». Avant, il n’y avait aucun problème. Est-ce un problème de la dernière version de Lightroom Classic?

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