Old Panasonic Varicam LUT?????

[Mike Krumlauf]

Was surfing around on google and came across this tread from Creative Cow.. any idea on what he is talking about? Did Panasonic make a Print LUT to view Film Rec correctly back in the day?

https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/8/1164582

 

[Run&Gun]

No clue. Panasonic monitors had a function that was similar to what a lot of monitors do today applying a LUT/709 look to LOG footage to normalize it for viewing/shooting, but the early Vari's didn't shoot LOG, but they did/do have a flatter look that can be considered an early/precursor version of LOG. I never shot the flatter look. I always shot with what would now be considered a "baked-in" look. I still shoot with scene files/baked-in look on all of my cameras(Vari's, C300 & F55) most of the time. I can count the times I've shot LOG on one hand with fingers left over.