Nikon Mirrorless Cameras Z SeriesZ 9 Technical Guide (N-Log 3D LUT Edition) - Owner's Manual & User Guide in English
Summary
Essential guide for colorists using NIKON equipment. This manual provides step-by-step instructions on applying the N-Log 3D LUT to professionally grade flat N-Log camera footage. Learn how to correctly implement this lookup table in industry-standard software such as DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Final Cut Pro X, ensuring your challenging cinematic footage displays beautifully across all monitors supporting Rec. 709. Ideal for professional videographers who capture high dynamic range content with NIKON cameras.
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Table of Contents LUTs: A Primer ...................................................................... • Using LUTs with N‑Log ...................................................................4 Usi...
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LUTs: A Primer A “LUT”, or “lookup table”, is an array of preselected values used in movie color-correction to map colors from the original input footage to the desired colors in the final output. Col...
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Using LUTs with N-Log Designed to take full advantage of sensor dynamic range, Nikon’s unique “N-Log” logarithmic gamma curve offers excellent balance between highlights and shadows and is optimized f...
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LUTs: A Primer To color grade N-Log footage using the N-Log 3D LUT, you will need third-party movie editing software. This guide shows how to apply the N-Log 3D LUT using Blackmagic Design’s Da Vinci ...
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Using the N‑Log 3D LUT Before proceeding, you will need to install Da Vinci Resolve and download the N-Log 3D LUT. Installing Da Vinci Resolve This guide assumes you are using Da Vinci Resolve. Instal...
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Applying the N-Log 3D LUT This information is current as of October 2021. 1 Launch Da Vinci Resolve 17 and start a new project. In the Project Manager, click [New Project] and name the new project as ...
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3 Open the LUT folder. Select [Color Management] in the project settings window and click [Open LUT Folder]. The Da Vinci Resolve 17 LUT folder will open. The fold- er path is: • Windows: C:\Program D...
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Using the N‑Log 3D LUT 4 Add the N‑Log 3D LUT. Create a sub-folder under the LUT folder, name it as desired, and copy the N-Log 3D LUT to the new sub-folder (named “Nikon” in this example). 5 Click [U...
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6 Load N‑Log footage. Drag N-Log footage from the operating system file navigation window into Da Vinci Resolve 17. If the frame rates of the footage and project do not match, a message will be displa...
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Using the N‑Log 3D LUT 7 Match the data level to the output range. When recording footage to an external HDMI recorder, check that the [Data Levels] option in Da Vinci Resolve 17 matches the option se...
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8 Create a timeline. Select [New Timeline] in the [File] menu, then dese- lect the [Empty Timeline] check box and click [Create] to create a new timeline using the selected footage.
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Using the N‑Log 3D LUT 9 Open the “Color” page. Click the “Color” button ( ) at the bottom of the win- dow to open the “Color” page.
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Using the N‑Log 3D LUT 10 Apply the N‑Log 3D LUT. In the LUT browser at the left side of the window, open the folder you created in Step 4 and double-click the N-Log 3D LUT to apply it to the current ...
Manual Details
| Brand | Nikon |
|---|---|
| Pages | 14 |
| File Size | 670.43 KB |
| Published | May 29, 2026 |
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