a7s slog2 3d luts

[caseywilsondp]

With the release of the latest shogun firmware that supports LUTs I loaded my home-brewed luts onto the shogun to test it out. After the last thread about skin tones, i figured some of you may be in the market for some LUTs to help with post (even if you don't have a shogun, these should still work just fine with slog2/sgamut straight out of the a7s)
These are the ones I use, they won't be perfect for every situation, but they have helped me for a variety of shoots.
They're all based off of Sonys F65/55 LUT

link to luts

examples:
(fwiw, daylight balanced. key light is daylight, rim is daylight through a warm curtain)
ungraded:


'natural' (contrasty, saturated):


'regular' (less contrast/saturation, similar to 5D 'neutral'):


'kodak' (film print lut):


'fuji' (film print lut):


also, if you all have luts you commonly use (that you'd be OK sharing), it'd be great to have one thread with them all in it, including any camera settings that users would need to change.
for mine, it's right out of the box slog2/sgamut.

 

[djosbun]

Awesome post! Personally, I really like the Kodak LUT.

Dave

 

[caseywilsondp]

Looks like I might be one of the few shooting slog2/sgamut still, but here is one final lut.
I call it rec709-ish to use with the shogun when lighting. Skin tones are about as natural as I could make them (there is plenty of room to warm or cool them if you want). The bottom couple of stops are crushed to kill noise, and highlights are as protected as possible.
I changed very little from Sonys original F65/55 rec709 LUT, just brought it as close as I could see into the proper space for the a7s




Link to LUT:
http://caseywilsondp.com/2015/03/25/a7s-slog2-rec709-lut/

 

[liondor1969]

Thanks caseywilsondp

 

[jcs]

Your Rec709 version looks pretty accurate! An LC (low contrast) version could be helpful.

 

[caseywilsondp]

jcs,
per your recommendation (the more i thought about it, the better it sounded):
rec709ishLC



imho for shogun/o7q+ this will need more denoising in post, but for internal shooters, it'll probably be just fine.

 

[jcs]

Looks great Casey!

 

[konosael1964]

i do some tests today and i can say your luts is perfect!!!

 

[caseywilsondp]

i do some tests today and i can say your luts is perfect!!!

Thanks! I'm glad they're useful for other people. Feel free to post any before and afters, it'd be cool to see.

 

[liondor1969]

Thanks caseywilsondp,your lut is perfect...in PP7 on A7S you do some changes ?

Thanks

 

[caseywilsondp]

Stock pp7. Sometimes I'll not keep sharpness all the way at -7, like maybe even 0 if nothing in the shoot looks like it'll moiré