Bransford MediaCanon Log 3 to Rec.709
Free Canon EOS R8 Mark II LUT (Canon Log 3 to Rec.709)
Turns the EOS R8 Mark II's Canon Log 3 / Cinema Gamut footage into normal-looking Rec.709 video. One .cube LUT, free for any project, no email.
The zip holds the same LUT twice: a 65-point file for editing, and a 33-point file for monitoring on a camera or in an app, or for older apps that won't load the larger one.
Built from Canon's published spec; not yet tested on footage from this camera. If blacks look lifted or crushed, check the clip's data levels.
Canon Log 3, as recorded
With the LUT
The LUT converts Canon Log 3 with Cinema Gamut color, as the manufacturer publishes them, into Rec.709 through the ACES 2.0 output (SDR, 100 nits).
Built from: Canon, Canon Log 3 and Cinema Gamut (ACES IDT, D55).
Set up the EOS R8 Mark II
- Custom Picture presets: Canon 709, Canon Log 3, PQ, HLG, BT.709 Standard (no Canon Log 2)
- Normal ISO with Canon Log 3: ISO 800-25600 (expanded L = ISO 100-640)
- Look File function loads LUTs; intensity adjustable
Sources
- personal.canon.jp
Canon Japan spec: Custom Picture list with Canon Log 3; Canon Log 3 ISO 800-25600, L 100-640
- personal.canon.jp
Canon Log 3 up to 14 stops; Look File/LUT; LUTs via Canon LUT Library
- corporate.jp.canon
Canon Marketing Japan release dated 2026-09-16; Japan release date 2026-10-29
- color.ssw.imaging-saas.canon
Canon LUT Library (official): Look File LUTs for 'Canon Log 2 / Cinema Gamut to BT.709' and 'Canon Log 3 / Cinema Gamut to BT.709' (plus Log-to-Log). This camera is in the page's compatible-camera list.
- color.ssw.imaging-saas.canon
Canon LUT Library detail page listing the four conversions: Canon Log 2 / Cinema Gamut to BT.709, Canon Log 3 / Cinema Gamut to BT.709, and Log-to-Log versions