Thank you, @driftwood. I'm eager to have your feedback. I'd suggest starting with the Cinelike D LUTs. Feedback I've gotten so far is that color accuracy is better in Cinelike D.

And thanks, @Dr_Jon, for those test files.

I've posted a new version of my log LUTs for Cinelike D and V-Log L. Now you can use any luminance range setting in Cinelike D (0-255, 16-235, and 16-255), and the LUTs are now in Adobe Cube format and DaVinci Cube format.

And Dr_Jon, from your files I discovered that the GH4's Cinelike D output is using xvYCC encoding. That was a surprise to me. I'll post more about that later. The new LUTs will decode xvYCC from Cinelike D.

When you go into post with that log image and grade it back to a viewable contrast, you’re essentially stretching those 160 levels out to full a 255-level image (actually, it’s even worse; remember you have an extra stop of information, so to match the “normal” original you’ll stretch some of the log image into “superwhite” territory above 255 or “superblack” territory below 0, ignoring any S-curving you might do to preserve that information. And yes, I’m using full-range, 0–255 images as my common reference for this discussion). Put another way, you’re boosting the contrast of the log image by about 50% on average to get it back to a “normal” image.

Two artifacts typically result from such stretching: more visible banding in gradients, and a boosting of noise.

http://www.provideocoalition.com/v-log-l-on-the-gh4-don-t-panic

@driftwood - my issue with GH4 VLog-L was really just the lack of levels in 8-bit internal recording (using only 160-ish) giving posterisation effects (aka banding). Especially on nice blue skies. Do you feel there is a good work-around for that? (I currently find using balazer's LUTs on Cinelike-D footage to be a better approach, if you want to go via log, as I hate re-shooting stuff, assuming that is even possible.)

I haven't acquired the v-log enhancement yet, so I have a question. When you use v-log, how are the image's values shown on the histogram? Does the histogram display a squeezed range, where all values are in a narrow region? Or does it stretch the image's values across its full width?

@balazer what about the gamut for vlog-l?did you come to any conclusions?

@nobbystylus Thanks. That's good to know: it makes it easier to do the overexpose-by-two-stops trick. Looking for3ard to using it.

just downloaded the filmconvert pack, too I wish the DELUTs pack would have a description and/or much less LUTs I just don't find the motivation to test hundreds of LUTs... can anyone tell some favourites?

https://www.facebook.com/ThomasSchweighoferFilm

@Vesku It's really not that bad if you get your exposure right. Otherwise V-Log l seems to be catered to people who use external recorders.

I think the red clouds were as a result of the sun bouncing off them....not vlog!...I see red clouds all the time, especially if there's any smog present in the air...

Next monday? "Legal" and all? Not possible.