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Cool negative · Everyday

North Light

In-camera LUT · .cube · LUMIX Real Time LUT

A cooler, cleaner everyday negative with natural greens, true skin and gentle contrast, calm across almost any light. Our take on the cool, clean Kodak Portra 160, where our warm Everyday 400 is the Portra 400. Loads in-camera for finished JPEGs.

Chasing the Kodak Portra 160 look? North Light is our take on that cool, clean rendering.

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Loads via LUMIX Lab app or SD card
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Buying more than one?
Any 3 · $19
Save $8 on any three, $24 on the full set. Same instant download, same licence.
Works with
S9S5IIS5IIXS1IIS1RIIG9IIGH7L10
See it on the sensor

Standard JPEG, then North Light

The same frame. Right is North Light exactly as the camera renders it, straight out, no edits. Left is that frame with the look removed, so you can see what it's doing. Drag to compare.

Standard JPEG
North Light

Clean, everyday colour

North Light is the cool, neutral side of negative film, with natural greens and honest skin rather than a warm cast. It is our take on the cool, clean Kodak Portra 160, the neutral counterpart to the warm Portra 400 of our Everyday 400. It renders in the camera as you shoot, so everyday frames land finished, straight out of camera.

Your RAW is saved untouched alongside the graded JPEG, so you always keep the option to grade differently later.

Shot on LUMIX S9 · SOOC JPEG · zero post
What you get

One file, every editor

Format
.cube
The universal LUT format. Loads on camera and in any editor.
Resolution
33-point
The size LUMIX loads in-camera. Works in editors too.
Also works in
Desktop
Resolve, Premiere, Final Cut, Lightroom, LumaFusion.
Licence
Unlimited
Personal and commercial use. No resale of the file.
Loaded in under a minute

Get North Light onto your camera

Two ways in. Wireless through the free LUMIX Lab app, or straight from an SD card. Both take about the same time.

Route A · Recommended

Wireless, via LUMIX Lab

  1. 1
    Save the .cube from your email to your phone.
  2. 2
    Import to LUMIX Lab, pair your camera, hit Transfer to Camera.
  3. 3
    Shoot. Press the LUT button, pick North Light, every JPEG lands graded.
Route B · No app needed

Straight from an SD card

  1. 1
    Copy the .cube onto your SD card, insert it.
  2. 2
    Menu › Custom Menu › Photo Quality › LUT Library, then Load.
  3. 3
    Set opacity to taste and save to a My Photo Style slot.
More renderings

Pairs well with

Every look works on its own, and three or more come as a set. Keep a shelf of moods ready on your card.

North Light FAQ

How is this different from Everyday 400?

They are a warm and cool pair. Everyday 400 is our Portra 400: warmer, with golden skin. North Light is our take on Portra 160: cooler, flatter and more restrained, with gentle contrast and muted colour. Reach for North Light in overcast, winter and window light, and Everyday 400 in sun.

Why does it look flat straight out of camera?

That is deliberate. North Light is a low-contrast, desaturated rendering built for cool light, so it looks gentle rather than punchy. Expose about -1/3 to -2/3, use AWBc indoors or the Daylight preset in shade, and avoid AWBw, which fights the look. If you want punch instead, Vibrance is the opposite end of the range.

Is there a free version of North Light?

No. The one free look is Amber 200, our Kodak Gold rendering, on the free LUMIX LUTs page. It is a full, unrestricted .cube, so it is the honest way to see how a Real Time LUT behaves on your camera before buying. North Light is $9 on its own, or $39 for all seven.

Which LUMIX cameras does it work on?

Any body with Real Time LUT: the S9, S5II, S5IIX, S1II, S1RII, G9II, GH7 and L10. It is a 33-point .cube file, the size LUMIX loads in-camera, and it goes on via the LUMIX Lab app or straight from an SD card. The install guide covers both.

Can I use it in Lightroom or DaVinci Resolve?

Yes. It is a standard .cube, so it loads in DaVinci Resolve, Premiere, Final Cut, Lightroom and LumaFusion as well as in-camera. The licence covers personal and commercial work.

North Light
In-camera .cube LUT