Canon EOS R5: How to get the best color in Lightroom, Camera Matching Standard Profile

Canon EOS R5: How to get the best color in Lightroom, Camera Matching Standard Profile

I was so excited last week when the Adobe applications updated and then I was so disappointed when I realized the Camera Matching Color Profiles were missing.

After searching everywhere I came across Color Fidelity (https://www.colorfidelity.com/canon.htm) , a third party vendor that sell packs of color profiles for Lightroom and Photoshop and plopped down $15 hoping they would work! Eureka! One of them emulates Camera Matching Standard or Picture Style Standard, giving you basically the same color you would get in DPP (Digital Photo Professional) but in Lightroom.

I’ll fix it in post…. Wrong!

Everyone loves to say we’ll fix it in post! This video covers why I don’t think using Photoshop and Lightroom as your first resort is the best approach.