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N-Log to Rec.709

Free Nikon Zf LUT (N-Log to Rec.709)

Turns the Zf's N-Log / N-Gamut footage into normal-looking Rec.709 video. One .cube LUT, free for any project, no email.

Download the free N-Log LUT

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

N-Log / N-Gamut frame as recorded, flat and grey

N-Log, as recorded

The same frame converted to Rec.709 with the N-Log LUT

With the LUT

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

The LUT converts N-Log with N-Gamut color, as the manufacturer publishes them, into Rec.709 through the ACES 2.0 output (SDR, 100 nits).

Built from: Nikon, N-Log Specification Document.

Set up the Zf

  • Video recording menu: Video file type = H.265 10-bit (MOV), then Tone mode = N-Log. Internal recording.
  • Minimum N-Log ISO is ISO 800 (mode M). Firmware 'C' 2.00 added Lo 0.3-Lo 2.0 (about ISO 640 down to ISO 200 equivalent), which cuts highlight headroom. For those settings Nikon suggests a zebra highlight threshold of about 230 (Lo 0.3-1.0) or 200 (Lo 2.0).

Exposure

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).

Sources

Updated September 26, 2026

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