DJI Mavic 2 Pro: LUT or Color Space Transform?

Hi folks

I am just getting started with color grading and Davinci Resolve.

I'm shooting footage on a Mavic 2 Pro in D-Log H.265. I have downloaded the DLog-M to Rec709 LUT but not sure if I should just apply that to my footage or if I should be using the Color Space Transform option within Resolve? If I should use the Color Space Transform, I'm not clear on what options I need to choose for the Input Color Space etc?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks
Keith

Hi folks
I'm not clear on what options I need to choose for the Input Color Space etc?

I think it depends. I "recently" saw a youtube tutorial about this exact thing, unfortunately I can't remember which one it was. But anyhow maybe one of these could help: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_ ... +transform

My assumption is based on https://www.tomstechtime.com/mavicpro2

Davinci has a Color Space Transform OpenFX Effect, where you can select DJI D-Gamut and DJI D-Log (for Input color space and input gamma respectively). That gives me usable contrasty colors.

The difference is better explained at https://blog.frame.io/2020/04/27/luts-vs-transforms/

I've always preferred Color Management, typically ACES but in this case RCM offers DaVinci Wide Gamut as a working space and D-Log as an Input space. That's likely to give you more accurate results over a LUT.

Hi Jim, I'm really new to this so not sure what you mean by "RCM" ? So I should set the Color Space Transform input color space to "DaVinci Wide Gamut" and then the input gamma to "DJI D-Log"?

Thanks