How to Expose Nikon N-Log / Z6III Zf Z8 Z9

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A tutorial on how to get proper exposure and color grade NLog on a Nikon Zf. I go over exposing using the histogram outside and zebras/gray card inside with controlled lighting.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
0:00 - Intro
0:12 - Settings & Variable ND Filter
0:57 - Two Different Methods
1:24 - Exposure Tools
1:59 - Proper Exposure - Outside
7:32 - Color Grading & Exposure
10:49 - Proper Exposure - Inside
13:24 - Skin Tones
13:30 - Wrapping It Up
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20 июл 2024

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@bigdspeedshop Месяц назад

Great tutorial. One comment, I'm not afraid to clip a little, it's a natural part of the scene in some cases (sun, lamp, even clear sky). Just add halation in post to take out the hard edges on the light, or some sort of a mist filter when you shoot. Also, Nikon, bring us false colors please...

@johnsweatman8625 Месяц назад

False color would be a great addition.

@andersblomster Месяц назад

The video I've been looking for since getting the Z9. Much appreciated.

@Josh_Sattin Месяц назад

You are very welcome. Glad the video was helpful for you. Thanks for watching!

@SooksVI Месяц назад

A couple tips that would come in handy: If you want more precise control of the framerate, to get your shutter closer to 48 instead of 50, you can toggle on "High frequency flicker reduction" in the video menu. If you would like to use the large waveform more effectively, option g18 in the video section under the custom settings menu will let you customize multiple display screen layouts, that way you can press the display button to toggle the large waveform.

@alexandre_debieve Месяц назад

Really great video Josh ! Thanks for Nikon users !

@Josh_Sattin Месяц назад

You are very welcome. Thanks for watching!

@tonio3289 Месяц назад

Thanks Josh. You are the best.

@Josh_Sattin Месяц назад

You are too kind. Thanks for watching!

@kaczorefx 5 дней назад

The Video Assist works fine. Same with the Nikon LUT. They convert the N-log image to an SDR image shot with SAME SETTINGS! That's important. The N-LOG curve makes the exposure much brighter than SDR. That's why your "base" iso changes to 800. It's still the good old 100, but the N-log curve brightens the shadows so much the noise levels and the overall luminance of the frame "looks" as if it was shot in SDR with ISO 800 - I think the new ISO scale is just an ease of use UI feature. If you actually shoot SDR with ISO 800, and then switch N-LOG (notice that the iso doesn't change automatically to 6400 - it stays at 800) and shoot again - same settings, same iso. Now if you apply Video Assist or the Nikon LUT, your N-LOG footage will look almost perfectly same as the SDR shot with ISO800. Now does all that info help you with exposure? I don't know ;)

@Louis-do2et 13 дней назад

Great video! Can you please elaborate on the base ISO concept? Why is the base ISO of Z cameras 800? Intuitively, I would use 100 or 200 if light is sufficient. Thank you so much in advance.

@Josh_Sattin 13 дней назад

Thanks! The base ISO is determined by the manufacturer to give the most dynamic range and the best balance of highlights and shadows. For NLOG, the lower base ISO is 800.

@markwiemels Месяц назад

The view assist! Bloody hell, good pickup, this explains so much, so annoying though. I wonder if the other Nikons have this issue or if it’s a ZF thing.

@Josh_Sattin Месяц назад

Yeah the view assist is not good. Thanks for stopping by Mark!

@Tmk969 Месяц назад

It's on all Nikons, it just turns on Nikon n-log lut, and as we see it's very bright and too saturated, nobody uses it.

@georgerady9706 Месяц назад

😅😂🤣 I bought into the 2018 Nikon “game changer” Filmmaker’s Kit that touted ProRes RAW over HDMI to the Ninja 🥷 (which finally came out at the end of the year… and - to date - Apple has never supported in FCPX 🤬) But - first - Wolfcrow and others suggested shooting N-Log was a good intermediary that could be made to work… however, once I set my Ninja to ProRes I couldn’t get it to go back to N-log… I was able to get ProRes working but using a Sony profile (same video chip) and some LUT for Sony… but the results were “Eh” I switched the Sony ecosystem last year and I’m very happy (nothing is “perfect” and the S-logs are just so much easier to select and - Whadda Ya know - Apple has profiles for Sony! Still waiting for Nikon to be supported 💀

@Tmk969 Месяц назад

Great videos, you are the best :) very helpful. Video for Nikon users about video making, woohoo!

@Josh_Sattin Месяц назад

Glad the video was helpful for you. Thanks for watching!

@What_Other_Hobbies Месяц назад

I record ProRes HQ with an Atomos Ninja V and a Deity Duo mic on Zf. Files are definitely bigger to deal with. You do get much more information to work with. It is quite a few things to juggle around, so it's definitely not for everyone.

@ThePelicanPhotographer 17 дней назад

Hello Josh , thanks for this interesting review ! may i ask your advice on the best setting in videographing birds in low lights like owls ( i have z6ii and moving soon to z6iii), i usually use auto , as i dont know much about videography , any suggestions ? i am usually either on tripods and something panning in day light. thanks again

@AbhinavYadav-zm7ut Месяц назад

Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!

@Josh_Sattin Месяц назад

You are very welcome. Thanks for watching!

@letsgoforawalk_ Месяц назад

Great Video. please make a video showing how to color grade N-log from start to finish. It would be a great help, Thanks!

@Josh_Sattin Месяц назад

Thanks. You can see my color grading process in FCP in these videos for Clog3 and Slog3. It would be very similar: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JCDaz1Ewirg.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Z4Ic19eP36Y.html

@Zacheldridge Месяц назад

Hey Josh thank you for making this video. View assist, wow it is so far off. Itd be nice if we could just load a lut on the camera. Maybe its a trick nikon will pickup from RED and add it down the road. For the hand grading in Davinci... I'm not a pro at grading but have watched Qazi quite a bit. Is it better to grade before the cst node? From my understanding you maximize the files editing latitude if you make your adjustments before transforming to Rec 709. I could also be horribly wrong about that, and do apologize if thats the case. Take care!

@Josh_Sattin Месяц назад

You're welcome. There are many ways to grade footage. In this video I used the CST to convert the color space (gamut) from Rec 2020 to Rec 709. I was still working in the same gamma (Nikon N-Log). So I was still grading log footage, just in a different color space. This is different from most "Rec 709 conversion LUTs" where they add contrast and saturation. It is confusing because Rec 709 can be the gamma and gamut.

@Zacheldridge Месяц назад

@@Josh_Sattin makes perfect sense. Thanks 🙏

@Josh_Sattin Месяц назад

You're welcome! Thanks for the question and for watching!

@ST-fl5fy 28 дней назад

The video at 10:55 looks better than the Canon have to say. More overall pleasing what’s your thoughts. Btw I am cameraless sold all my gear. So not a fan boy

@hkhanpour 9 дней назад

Nikon needs to release an NLOG 2 and NLOG 3, taking account the Z6 III and Z8's sensor/pixel size because the current NLOG is one of the worst performers when comparing to SLOG, VLOG, and CLOG. Nikon's Flat Profile is almost more useful in retaining colors and quality vs NLOG.

@ciprianlupan4276 Месяц назад

hi! i would like to see how you color grade for Prores raw and N-log in Final cut a video please if you have time to make one! thx

@Josh_Sattin Месяц назад

You can see my color grading process in FCP in these videos: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JCDaz1Ewirg.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Z4Ic19eP36Y.html

@ae981s 15 дней назад

How do you activate the histogram on video mode on the Z6III?

@Josh_Sattin 15 дней назад

Menu -> Shooting/display -> d19 Custom monitor shooting display -> (choose which display, ex: Display 1) -> right arrow (set) -> select histogram

@ae981s 15 дней назад

@@Josh_Sattin I just tried activating it by checking the histogram box on the settings, but going back to video mode, I still don't see it there. I tried all the display choices. Any idea what could be the issue? Thanks, btw. Edit: i found it, it's ok "g" settings. Thanks again!

@apocryphal_man Месяц назад

I really don't know what's going on with the view assist there, but it's spot on for me and always has been. What comes out of the camera after N-LOG conversion in Davinci is exactly what was displayed on the camera's screen and viewfinder before. I re-tested this watching your video just now and I'm holding my camera screen next to my grading screen with the same footage open in davinci (using colour management N-LOG to Davinci Intermediate to Rec 709). Is it possible this has to do with "adjust for ease of viewing" setting which doesn't reflect your camera's settings but is supposed to make the image visible whatever your settings are? EDIT: I think it's option d9 (sorry, not yet used to Nikon lingo).

@Cool-Story-Studios Месяц назад

On the Nikon Z8 it looks like ISO cleans up again at 4000, at least to my eyes. Is that a dual base ISO of 800 and 4000? No clue.

@Josh_Sattin Месяц назад

I don't think Nikon formally lists it as having a dual base ISO, but check out this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2xt6wocHJRk.html

@amermeleitor Месяц назад

Maybe noise reduction is ISO dependant

@Josh_Sattin Месяц назад

If you watch the video, this shows up in raw, where there isn't noise reduction. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2xt6wocHJRk.html

@nicolascarle8210 Месяц назад

Short answer is yes, iso 800 and 4000 are the two base ISO for video, Nikon does not state as it but multiple video users on Z9/Z8 have found it to be so, including this channels video on the Z8. For context as a heavy video shooter with the Z8 I shoot at iso 800 and 4000 exclusively to give me the cleanest files and use ND/lights to get proper exposure. Many other shooters from other brands ie Sony Canon etc do the same process and shoot at the cameras cleanest video iso setting aka the dual ones. So if I need more light I jump straight to iso 4000 from 800. Hope that helps and there is more info about it on RU-vid and DP Review for the Nikon Z9/Z8 video capabilities.

@Vladi_mir_M 5 дней назад

@@nicolascarle8210oh man thank you for this helpful information!

@timofejSE День назад

Why do you use ISO 800 outside?

@Josh_Sattin День назад

That's the base ISO of NLOG. It will give you the best balance of highlights and shadows.

@timofejSE День назад

@@Josh_Sattin Thank you your reply, Josh! So, there are different base ISOs for stills and video? Thought that it was a property of the hardware.

@shadyninja1 26 дней назад

Is it advisable to use auto ISO while shooting N-LOG

@Josh_Sattin 23 дня назад

No. I would stick to the base ISO and expose using aperture, ND and lighting.

@carlosandreviana9448 17 дней назад

@@Josh_Sattinwhat do you then with sudden changes in light during a shoot like moving from bright sunlight to shade or interior?

@Josh_Sattin 16 дней назад

@@carlosandreviana9448 Outside I set my camera to the desired aperture and adjust the exposure with a variable ND filter. If it is still too dark with the least amount of ND then I remove the ND filter. Inside I generally don't use a ND filter (but there are some times it is needed), I set the exposure with aperture and/or lighting.

@Vladi_mir_M 5 дней назад

@@Josh_Sattinwhat about second base iso for example 4000 in z8 or 6400 in z6iii should we use it filming n-log in dark environments?

@Josh_Sattin 5 дней назад

@@Vladi_mir_M If you have removed your ND filters, have the fastest aperture set and can't add any more light and you are still underexposed, then yes, I will bump up to the second base ISO.