R5 Color Issues

[amandamgoodin]

Hi there! I'm having some major issues with the coloring of my mirrorless images. Ever since switching from my Mark IV, I've struggled with editing so much. I figured I just needed to get used to the switch and to give it some time. 2 years later and I'm still struggling and super frustrated with how my images are looking. I've tried several color profiles to no avail and have also gone as far as making sure every setting in camera matches my Mark IV. I even took test shots at the exact same settings with the same lens etc and the differences are so drastic. In camera the mirrorless image looks manageable and okay but as soon as I try to edit it just doesn't hold up and looks so terrible. Import settings are exactly the same as well when I've uploaded my RAWS from my Mark IV & my R5. I'm hoping there is something I can do setting wise to change this because I honestly want to get rid of my mirrorless in this moment. I've been shooting for a long time and have worked with multiple bodies etc so I'm really stumped here. I've uploaded the examples of my test images. Any thoughts or advice? Thank you in advance!

[jrhoffman75]

Glad you got it worked out. All your previous cameras were most likely .CR2 files, compared to the R5's .CR3 files. There never seemed to be complaints about how LrC presented .CR2 files. There are reports of many folks unhappy with LrC colors on the R5 using Adobe profiles.

I guess it doesn't matter as long as you are getting what you want, but the LrC issue doesn't explain why DPP4 was giving poor comparisons.

[amandamgoodin]

I did take another look this morning at the DPP file and it did look different when I took a second look! I could definitely tell in the skin tones that it was more saturated. I may have just not noticed how drastic the difference was last night after staring at the images for so long. I definitely think it was a Lightroom issue. Coloring is definitely not as great as the cr2 files!

[Lilo99]

Im so glad to read there is a *solution for this, is taking me forever to edit.. and my images just look dull in RAW.. I tried the LR preferences-Presets.. but in my Lightroom the CAMERA options doesn't  display any Camera models.. any idea why this could be? Ive been working on my R5 for over two years now.