NOTE: This article has been updated, read the Feb 2014 update here - Updated Applying LUTs to Log footage. Working with Log material can be difficult at times, so we have put out a couple of different LUTs for use when using the Sony F3′s S-Log or Canon Log from the Canon C300.
Trying to understand video color precision is, well, a confusing task. There are so many different terms floated around - 8-bit and 10-bit color are used to describe cameras, while software talks about 8 bits per channel, 16 bits per channel, and 32-bits per channel "floating point" color. What does