Nikon N-Log LUT Pack

US$22.99

This pack contains technical LUTs for transforming Nikon N-Log footage to Rec. 709 with enhanced color accuracy.

What’s Included:

In this pack, you’ll find separate folders for different cameras. These each have specific tweaks to achieve the best color accuracy for their respective sensors. There's also a folder called General Purpose, which works well on cameras I haven't yet customized. But because each sensor does have minor color variations, I’ll continue to create camera-specific LUTs and will send those out to customers of this pack as a free upgrade when they’re complete. In the meantime, for any other Nikon camera, simply use the General Purpose N-Log LUTs, which will still provide accurate, neutral color.

Contains:

  • General Purpose

  • Z6 III

  • Z6 II

  • Z5 II

  • Zf

  • ZR

Variations:

I’ve provided LUTs for N-Log and RED Log3G10 for the ZR. And for the cameras that can shoot N-RAW, I’ve included separate folders for H.265 and RAW variants. They’re very similar, but did require small tweaks to match.

File Names Explained:

- N-Log Undone LUT: Accurate, fully saturated color with a custom curve to give a finished look with one step. Use in post-production.
- N-Log Undone LUT (33-Monitoring): Same as above, but made compatible for loading into a camera or monitor.
- N-Log Undone LUT LC: Accurate neutral color with no changes to curve. Better for high contrast scenes. LC = Low Contrast. Use in post and add contrast to taste.
- N-Log Undone LUT LC (33-Monitoring): Same as above, but made compatible for loading into a camera or monitor.

Exposure & Tips:

Expose neutrally. These LUTs are built on correct exposure principles from Nikon’s whitepapers, which state that 18% gray should be exposed to 35% (10-bit code value of 372) for N-Log. For theZRusing RED’s Log3G10, it’s 33% (341 code value). This also matches the in-camera view assist and exposure tools, so you can rely on them as well.

If you're applying the LUT to over or underexposed footage, it's recommended that you adjust the exposure in an earlier step in your color workflow before applying the LUT. In DaVinci Resolve for instance, this would mean putting an exposure adjustment node before the LUT node.

It's good practice to place this LUT near the end of your color pipeline. This will make adjustments to exposure, white balance, saturation, and other parameters more consistent and allow you to recover more information when compared to attempting to adjust those things after the LUT is applied.

This pack contains technical LUTs for transforming Nikon N-Log footage to Rec. 709 with enhanced color accuracy.

What’s Included:

In this pack, you’ll find separate folders for different cameras. These each have specific tweaks to achieve the best color accuracy for their respective sensors. There's also a folder called General Purpose, which works well on cameras I haven't yet customized. But because each sensor does have minor color variations, I’ll continue to create camera-specific LUTs and will send those out to customers of this pack as a free upgrade when they’re complete. In the meantime, for any other Nikon camera, simply use the General Purpose N-Log LUTs, which will still provide accurate, neutral color.

Contains:

  • General Purpose

  • Z6 III

  • Z6 II

  • Z5 II

  • Zf

  • ZR

Variations:

I’ve provided LUTs for N-Log and RED Log3G10 for the ZR. And for the cameras that can shoot N-RAW, I’ve included separate folders for H.265 and RAW variants. They’re very similar, but did require small tweaks to match.

File Names Explained:

- N-Log Undone LUT: Accurate, fully saturated color with a custom curve to give a finished look with one step. Use in post-production.
- N-Log Undone LUT (33-Monitoring): Same as above, but made compatible for loading into a camera or monitor.
- N-Log Undone LUT LC: Accurate neutral color with no changes to curve. Better for high contrast scenes. LC = Low Contrast. Use in post and add contrast to taste.
- N-Log Undone LUT LC (33-Monitoring): Same as above, but made compatible for loading into a camera or monitor.

Exposure & Tips:

Expose neutrally. These LUTs are built on correct exposure principles from Nikon’s whitepapers, which state that 18% gray should be exposed to 35% (10-bit code value of 372) for N-Log. For theZRusing RED’s Log3G10, it’s 33% (341 code value). This also matches the in-camera view assist and exposure tools, so you can rely on them as well.

If you're applying the LUT to over or underexposed footage, it's recommended that you adjust the exposure in an earlier step in your color workflow before applying the LUT. In DaVinci Resolve for instance, this would mean putting an exposure adjustment node before the LUT node.

It's good practice to place this LUT near the end of your color pipeline. This will make adjustments to exposure, white balance, saturation, and other parameters more consistent and allow you to recover more information when compared to attempting to adjust those things after the LUT is applied.