The main reason to use custom "Lens-Sensor Recipes" (& LUTs) is that every lens sends light to a sensor differently. Some sensors like sharp lenses (especially those with an optical low-pass filter) and some don't like a lot of sharpness. Some sensors love lots of color saturation, yet some can only take a little. Before I knew this, I was searching (for years) to find the perfect lens-sensor combo...until I realized that they need CUSTOM SETTINGS (now called Recipes). So, I began testing every lens I could afford, and taking notes for each lens-sensor combination. I finally realized I would need a database to store all of this information, so I made this website (and now I offer a local LENS-SENSOR CALIBRATION SERVICE too).

Here's is a list of all of the cameras we've tested. When I started out, I was using extremely low budget hybrid cameras like the Panasonic GH2, G5, G7, GH4, GX85, G85, and GH5 and soon realized they could produce really good footage (as long as you figured out the right CUSTOM SETTINGS). So, I began taking notes of all of the CUSTOM SETTINGS that worked for each lens...and had to make this website to access the information fast, 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 SETTINGS these 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 CUSTOM SETTINGS & LUTs to every combo. So remember, you need to use the lens-sensor camera settings while shooting (and then add a LUT during post-production).

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 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 into 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" CUSTOM SETTINGS (& LUTs) to process the images. The reason we do this, is we think it renders a more realistic-looking image (than using heavy post-processing) and the key ingredient in these settings recipes is to use custom camera settings, specific to each lens-sensor combination.

With all of the A.I. development going on, there is certainly enough "FAKE" content 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 CUSTOM SETTINGS (& LUTs) to make it easier for the cameras to render scenes accurately (with little post-processing).