Here is something I am doing out of the kindness of my heart.

Osiris LUT's, the world's best base grades... Take this setting into Davinci Resolve 12, apply this LUT (See link...) and enjoy instant "higher-dynamic range" LOG footage that rivals the Arri image (almost!)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/zw104esm5ctwtlq/KDX%20-%20LOG.cube?dl=0

There is only one file here, not all of them, so I am not robbing the parent company of their sales, but I just happen to be sharing the best one of the lot! Buy all of them if you like this one! There is a lot of variation...

Yes, it is a .cube file, NOT a virus filled .exe file... I am putting my word and reputation on the line here that it is a safe file... You have to know how to use it though!

Post your graded shots here with the results of the epic Panasonic fail in the implementation of the V-Log settings! Enjoy,

I tried that LUT. It looks horrible compared with the panasonic LUT.

What'd you expect from someone who thinks Osiris is anything but crap?

Osris LUTS are baked in looks and for what they are they are fine. They are not intended to convert log space to rec 709. You use them after your base corrections for a look than fine tune.

Well let me be the first to admit you may know more than me but here is my outlook on it as of now using Resolve. I inherently see a problem with using Osiris log LUTS with native log files. Whose version of log would you use to define log? LOG is not a standard?? So if using log files you need to do some corrections with that file first IMO. In other words bringing that log file into the real world. Since I'm new to it I use a workflow that does some of that for me. I've been using the Balazer LUTS to convert my CineD file to LOG and the 709 LUT to bring it into the real world so to speak. I can than tweak the log file before the 709 LUT while actually viewing the file after the 709 conversion. When I am happy with the base looks I than apply a Look LUT (Osiris, film emulation etc) to the timeline and reduce transparency till it pleases me. I can also do additionally tweaking if I don't like a particular clips output.

So in summary At clip import immediately apply the Balazer LOG conversion to clip in Media Panel.

Inside color panel create a clip corrections node and than the Balazer REC 709 LUT in a node tweak corrections node as needed.

Finally inside color panel create a timeline node apply Osiris or other Look LUT of choice set transparency to adjust strength of LUT.

Go back and tweak clips if needed.

Obviously there is more than one way to do this but this works for me most of the time and is quick. That being said I'm new to it so my workflow will evolve.

Again not an expert by any means but a well executed Look LUT tries to stay away from modifying skin tones to much. Skin tones are one of those things we are keenly aware of if they are to far off the norm. My experience with the Osiris LUTS is there pretty good that way.

@BrennaK you just put me off sausages!

@BrennanK, to me that first campfire sample had excellent image quality/grading, that gave it a really nice look. For some reason the second sample with the jeep in it had a strange look to it that made it appear to be interlaced footage or something, almost as if it was a video recording of an old tube type TV screen... Was that an effect you were going for?

To everyone, am I in the norm for thinking that at least half of that BMPCC test footage with the Osiris LUT on it looks awful? Some of it looked OK to me if the shooter and/or editor were going for a stylized look, but a lot of it just looked bad. Or is it just me? Lol

@Tjabo I think some just don't understand these LUTS. They are exactly style LUTS to give you a certain look not simply log conversions. He used every LUT in the Osiris package and I am not a fan of them all. When I use them I usually turn the transparency down so there effect is more subtle. That being said I don't think there is anything wrong with the footage in the context of what he was demonstrating. In the end it's all personal taste.

@ BrennanK I have been embracing Resolve to work with LUTS so it is the only way I know. Once you create a node for your Lut than go to key and using key output gain reduce it. I seem to end up around .50 when it looks good to me. Of course that just changes the strength of the LUT. You can change saturation of your clips in your correction node if you made one previous to the LUT node.

I think in lowering the black level from 100 to 0 on the 8bit 0-255 scale (and similarly in 10bit, although the range goes 0-1024) the profile now crushes the blacks more than other established LOG profiles such as Canon LOG and S-LOG. My advice to Leica is to get the LOG profile as close to Canon LOG as possible. The black level shouldn’t be at 100 on the 8bit luma range but neither should they crush to absolute zero.

Andrew technical genius shines again.

I can upload all of the Osiris LUTs if you want to see them... But you have to promise to go buy them if you like them!!! Hahaha!

@iban_corominas looks great! I'm still baffled at how unpopular V-Log became.