Raw files from Canon 5DMK4 look dull in Lightroom compared to my old 7d

The Adobe Standard camera profile metrics were "silently" changed by Adobe sometime in Q3 2014. All  camera models introduced after Q3 2014 have Adobe Standard profiles with lower color saturation and contrast. In short it looks like Adobe has changed the "standard." It's unlikely they will "fix" these profiles since it appears to have been done on purpose. The best solution is to use a ColorChecker Passport and create new profiles for ALL of your camera models both old and new to match them. There's no guarantee that will be perfect either since the current Adobe profile is used as the "Base Profile" when using the X-Rite plugin or DPE.

See these posts for further information and suggestions:

https://forums.adobe.com/message/9095782#9095782

https://forums.adobe.com/message/9099804#9099804

https://forums.adobe.com/message/9520860#9520860

I created a "legacy" 5D MKIV Adobe Standard camera profile that matches the rendering of the pre-2014 Sept. profiles including the Canon 7D.

Dropbox - Canon EOS 5D MKIV Legacy Adobe Standard.dcp - Simplify your life

Place the camera profile in the below folder location and then restart LR to load it.

Windows—C: \ Users \ [your username] \ AppData \ Roaming \ Adobe \ CameraRaw \ CamereProfiles

Mac—Macintosh HD / Users / [your username] / Library / Application Support / Adobe / CameraRaw / CamerapProfiles

More info here on the profile:

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