P: Support for Canon .CR3 Camera-matching Profiles

In my experience, Sony does not provide camera matching profiles upon release. That actually was the main reason I sold my Sony gear and went to EOS R. Now, I am impatiently waiting for the R5 matching profiles that I need!!

From what I understand, Canon doesn’t give Adobe access to info on their Raw files, so Adobe engineers have to reverse engineer the profiles and then give them to us. I’m sure that’s super complicated and takes time. But I feel your frustration. An Adobe Admin wrote in one of these threads that they cannot give us a time table on when they will be available and not all cameras will even get camera standard profiles. I think this may be unique to Canon though. I believe Sony has camera matching profiles upon release but that’s just my impression. I don’t know that for certain. 

Why do I pay monthly to Adobe if Adobe itself is not able to provide camera matching profiles  for Canon R5 and R6 since one year after official introduction of both models? This is really disappointing. And I thought Adobe is a user friendly company…

Profiles are based upon the illumination. You only need a few.

So my only question here is that is an x rite reference image necessary and do

you have to build a profile for every shoot you do? I’ve talked about this on here before but I’m a photojournalist and shooting reference images with an x rite is so beyond not possible or practical for me in daily assignments. I’m covering events like the Stanley cup where the light so drastically changes depending on where I am in the arena plus the flashing lights and changes in the projections on the big screen greatly impact everything about my images. I can’t be at an NFL game either and shooting x rite images or in a prison on an assignment or at really anything. I’m not using studio light, I’m using ambient in editorial journalism assignments. 

Tutorial:

Everything you thought you wanted to know about DNG/DCP camera profiles:

All about In this 30 minute video, we will look into the creation and use of DNG (.dcp) camera profiles in three raw converters. The video covers:

What are DNG camera profiles, how do they differ from ICC camera profiles.

Misconceptions about DNG camera profiles.

Just when, and why do you need to build custom DNG camera profiles?

How to build custom DNG camera profiles using the X-rite Passport software.

The role of various illuminants on camera sensors and DNG camera profiles.

Dual Illuminant DNG camera profiles.

Examples of usage of DNG camera profiles in Lightroom, ACR, and Iridient Developer.

Low Rez (YouTube):

http://youtu.be/_fikTm8XIt4

High Rez (download):

http://www.digitaldog.net/files/DNGCameraprofilevideo.mov

I’ve tried the color fidelity profiles and really wasn’t a fan. In every image that I tested, they looked so nearly identical to the Adobe profiles that it felt like a waste of $25. Creating my own profile that would work as well as the canon camera matching is above my skill level even being a professional photojournalist using Adobe products for over 20 years. It’s just not something I’ve ever done before. If you have a tutorial or know anyone who has made one or have any resources that explain that entire process, I’d love to explore that option. Granted, this is a larger Canon / Adobe issue, and if the Adobe Admin can’t say they’ll be creating these for the pro cameras, that’s a major problem for me and either product. 

Colorfidelity works quite well as a base to create camera-matching profiles using HSL and calibration module. 

Colorfidelity are better than nothing, but as many noted they are not on par with color matching profiles. And also they are quite expense nowadays..

@andrew_rodney  I'd actually really love to know if there is a way to take the camera matching profiles that are present when I edit a 1Dx2 file and save it somehow to use the the R5/R6 or the 1Dx3. Is that possible @Adobe? Maybe that would work? All I can tell is that the Adobe profiles really aren't great, and they are not a sufficient substitution. Does Nikon hide their raws or does Sony and make it this difficult? Are all of those profiles always available right away upon release? I realize this is mostly a Canon created issue and not necessarily Adobe's fault, but it is insanely annoying and actively prevents me from using the newer cameras even though I have them. I swear they are trying to force us into using their software - which I just really dislike. I'd rather go with Capture One.