Most image sensors are quite similar (ignoring weirdos like X-Trans and Foveon) so they could use the same format and decoding algorithm. It's a 16-bit integer (padded out from 12 or 14 bits) for each pixel with a Bayer color filter. Maybe throw in some parameters like a suggested gamma curve.

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ekianjo 3 months ago | parent [-]

Foveon has awful Foss support so far. Older foveon models also require an older version of windows to run the antiquited software to process raw pics, it's maddening.

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buildbot 3 months ago | parent [-]

The algorithms for getting a useable image from a Foveon sensor are very non trivial from what I understand - the different layers don’t separate light perfectly into red, green, and blue bands, so there is some fancy cross layer processing you need to do.

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ekianjo 3 months ago | parent [-]

interesting, where did you learn that from?

	▲	buildbot 3 months ago \| parent [-]
		This paper has a bit about it, not very in depth though: https://www.imaging.org/common/uploaded%20files/pdfs/Papers/...