Canon DPP and Lightroom 4 Question

[Eaglesnestphoto]

Hi guys I am scratching my head here. Ok here is the problem /question. I have a canon Eos 7D and a Eos 60D and I shoot in Raw. If I import with Windows 8 or use DPP images look great. If I import into lightroom they don't look as good. As far as I can make out I have no lightroom presets applied on import other than to add user copryright data. Not a major problem but playing with things I have noticed if I convert the raw file with DPP and then import to lightroom my results are better? So is it that Canons Raw converter is better than Lightrooms or am I doing something wrong? Any answers appreciated and I wondered if anyone else has noticed this?

 

[DazJW]

I'd imagine what you're seeing is a result of Canon's DPP software using the picture style settings from the camera as a starting point when you import RAW images while Adobe software doesn't.
Also, I think LR will be doing auto tone when you import by default which you'll probably want to turn off in the settings. Edit > Preferences > Presets tab and it's the first checkbox. I've read that some people find auto tone gives them a good starting point but any time I've clicked to see what it comes up with it's always been totally useless.

 

[StewartR]

I'd imagine what you're seeing is a result of Canon's DPP software using the picture style settings from the camera as a starting point when you import RAW images while Adobe software doesn't.

I think that's the core of the issue.

 

[Chappers]

The default setting for the "look" is a Adobe Standard . This setting can be found in the calibration tab within the develop module. Now if you find that you are using say landscape on the camera you could make a pre-set that applies this profile on import. Now it's not canon's exact profile but is Adobe's version. Probably close enough though.

 

[LongLensPhotography]

Ignore DPP. There is a reason why 5DIII is bundled with LR5. You can define your own import settings for LR as you want, but it is usually much easier to start from plain and dull looking file.