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Nikon Z9 LUTs

Nikon's Log-Format/RAW Technical Guide: for N-Log, expose an 18% grey card to about 35% on the waveform (10-bit code value around 372).

Camera settings

  • Video recording menu: Video file type = N-RAW 12-bit (NEV), ProRes RAW HQ 12-bit, ProRes 422 HQ 10-bit or H.265 10-bit (MOV), then Tone mode = N-Log. At launch, N-Log was H.265 10-bit only; the RAW options came later.
  • N-Log ISO (mode M): Lo 0.3-Lo 2.0 (added in 'C' firmware 4.00, about ISO 640 down to ISO 200 equivalent) or ISO 800-25600; Maximum sensitivity ISO 1600-25600.
N-Log / N-Gamut conversion preview
Neutral color before the creative look
NeutralLook

N-Log / N-Gamut

Shot on Sony FX30 (S-Log3) and re-encoded into N-Log / N-Gamut to show the conversion.

N-Log / N-Gamut

Built from Nikon's published spec and checked against Nikon's own LUT.

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Sources

N-Log file types; ISO Lo 0.3-2.0 and 800-25600; 12 stops at ISO 800Low N-Log ISO added with 'C' firmware 4.00; Lo 0.3-2.0 = ISO 640-200 equivalentZ9 announcement, October 28 2021: 10-bit N-Log in camera, only with H.265 10-bitOlder LUT v1.06 shipped two Z9 LUT versions (V02-00 fixes tone jumps and oversaturation)Current N-Log LUT v2.00 merges the camera-specific files into one technical LUT; Z 9 listedN-Log exposure target