For years, I searched for the perfect lens-sensor combination; a lens and camera duo that would produce a beautiful image with few adjustments and little post processing. It would look "100% REAL" straight out of camera, and be everything I needed and wanted in a camera system. However as I tested each pair, they all told a different story and would deliver light to the sensor differently. So, I began tweaking the settings and jotting down notes (on index cards) for each lens-sensor combo I tried...and finally made this website.

Here are the cameras I have tested. I started out using extremely low budget filmmaking cameras like the Panasonic GH2, G5, G7, GH4, GX85 and G85, and realized they could produce really good footage, as long as you found the "sweet spot" in each lens-sensor combo. So, I began taking notes of all of the CUSTOM IN-CAMERA SETTINGS that worked (to produce a film look) for each lens I tested...then I had to make this website (to access the information fast, while on-location).

Thank you for trying out these LUTs! It's super important to realize that these LUTs are the #2 step of the method (and that without our CUSTOM CAMERA SETTINGS, the LUTs won't do much). The goal for our "Lens-Sensor LUTs" was to help get the most out of budget lenses & cameras, by customizing the settings (& LUTs) to every combo. So remember, you need to use the lens-sensor camera settings while you're shooting (and then add a LUT during the edit).

When some people say "BUDGET" they still talk about cameras that are WAY MORE expensive than we can afford, but this blog is actually a low-budget blog. When I started out I was using super-low-budget filmmaking cameras like the Panasonic GH2, G5, G7, GH4, GX85 and G85...but I soon realized they could produce really good footage (as long as you use CUSTOM, LENS-SENSOR CAMERA SETTINGS, LOL).

These are real, long-term reviews of gear I actually use. Keep in mind these reviews are just my opinion, and are not supposed to be comprehensive or the final say about these products. These are mostly to help me remember what items worked for me, and what didn't. So, the product may work for you and your needs, but it didn't fit within my Q-P-A-C-E system.

Our goal is to create 100% REAL photos & videos (without A.I.). So, we came up with our LENS-SENSOR SPECIFIC CAMERA SETTINGS (& LUTs) to process the images. The reason we do this, is it renders more realistic-looking images (than using heavy post-processing). The key ingredient that makes this work is custom camera settings.

With all of the A.I. development going on, there is certainly enough "FAKE" content being put out there. So not only did we decide to never use (generative) A.I. when creating images, but also to use realistic-looking LENS-SENSOR SPECIFIC CAMERA SETTINGS (& LUTs) that help make it easier for the cameras to render scenes accurately (with very little post-processing).