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N-Log to Rec.709

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

Turns the ZR'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 ZR

  • N-Log: Video file type = N-RAW 12-bit, ProRes RAW HQ 12-bit, ProRes 422 HQ 10-bit or H.265 10-bit, then Tone mode = N-Log. R3D NE 12-bit (R3D) is fixed to Log3G10 (RED Log3G10 / REDWideGamutRGB).
  • Dual base ISO 800 / 6400 in both N-Log and Log3G10. With R3D NE, metadata ISO runs 200-3200 on the low base and 1600-25600 on the high base. N-Log mode M can go down to Lo 2.0.
  • Nikon has announced firmware 2.00 (scheduled for 2026) to add Log3G10/REDWideGamutRGB to H.265 recording.

Exposure

Nikon's Log-Format/RAW Technical Guide: for N-Log, expose an 18% grey card to about 35% on the waveform (10-bit around 372); for Log3G10, to about 33% (10-bit around 341).

Sources

Updated September 26, 2026

Install it in your editor

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