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February 22, 2025
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I recently noticed that ARW files imported to Lightroom Classic 14.2 from my new Sony A1 ii are not displaying blues correctly and are also looking very washed out. In both library and develop modes the bottom thumbnail scroll is displaying the colors correctly until I select a photo to develop. At that point both the main image and the thumbnail shift towards a very green hue. This isn't happening on any images I'm importing from my A7RV. It is very noticeable on blue sky images. Once the image has been deselected for a few moments, the thumbnail reverts to the correct color.

I dont believe it's the camera causing the issue, as my settings have been double checked and mirror those of the A7RV. Furthermore, this is a new issue.

I've also used the DNG converter and am having the same issue with all DNG's from the A1 ii

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Barry

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Correct answer mathieu323314395hg5

I can't access your google drive link. Can you repost?

@lhglhgl No need, the latest version of lightroom fixes the problem

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mathieu323314395hg5

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Hello, since version lightroom 14.2 the color of the raw files on the Sony A1 II is completely degraded and that makes the edition more complicated whereas on my Sony A7 IV no problem,

on the photos I provide, the greens are completely wrong and don't correspond to reality compared to my Sony A7 IV.

I've tried lightroom version 14.1 and the Sony A1 II files are perfectly interpreted! what's been going on since february, several people have been contacting you to make a fix and on the Reddit forum several people have been alerting you to this problem and no one has done anything since version 14. 2. no problem on capture one the A7IV and Sony A1 II files match like two drops of water.

the attached photos were used with the same lens (Sony 24-70 GM II) with the same iso speed etc. I'm on Mac OS 15.5 with lightroom 14.4 on a MacBook Pro M3 MAX.

Ian Lyons

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There's already a lengthy thread on this issue. I'll merge your post into that thread.

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mathieu323314395hg5

Inspiring

Yes, but the problem hasn't been fixed - the author of this thread has found an alternative, which is to use the standard Sony profile and not the Adobe color profile. When this problem is fixed, because using the standard Sony profile is just as complicated to use, everything worked fine with Lightroom 14.1.

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patrikk4249813

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This problem is not solved! Adobe chat asked me to file a bug, please confirm here: https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/lrd-8-3-and-lrc-14-3-color-profiles-not-working-for-sony-a1-2-ilce-1m2/m-p/15359437#M103907

dj_paige

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I recently noticed that ARW files imported to Lightroom Classic 14.2 from my new Sony A1 ii are not displaying blues correctly and are also looking very washed out

By @Barry36212844cdld

Does this happen in the Library Module or the Develop Module? If it happens in the Library module only, please try this: https://www.lightroomqueen.com/how-do-i-change-my-monitor-profile-to-check-whether-its-corrupted/

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Barry36212844cdldAuthor

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It happens only in the Develop module. I’ve also toggled between multiple screens to rule that out. It seems as if the white Balance and tint are off. A quick adjustment of two sliders in develop can correct it, but there should be no reason that the camera (shooting in raw only), the library module, and even the photo in develop for the first split second is fine, and then it “on its own” noticeably shifts towards green tint.

Note: I also went back to standard presets as well as uninstalling and pre-installing lightrooom Classic. No resolution whatsoever. And all images coming from my A7RV are completely normal.

I’m stumped.

johnrellis

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I'm happy to jump in to do that. See attached files (from LR CC, but the same as LR Classic).

Just in general, A1.ii colours are horrible. I hate it so much. We seem to be back to A7r.ii color science and presumably only because of the new white balance and (notably) better dynamic range. But I am honestly happily switching back to A1.i, if it's not fixed. The additional time to adjust colors is unjustifyable. I rather miss a shot than this nightmare. On the A1.i, colors were so so good, so that you would hardly even have to change anything just like Leica pictures are only getting worse by tweaking them. The A1.i colors were much better than Canon's (a first) and now we have this annoying greens problem back. The Sony ST profile looks like a vivid profile and needs so much time to fix.
I'm not even sure if Adobe's desaturated color mapping is a bug or if they simple handle it like that. Although definitely even less usable. Meanwhile 14.3 came out and it's still the same and it's also the same in Lightroom CC.

Please Adobe fix it and users, please let me know what you think.

Your screenshot indicates you're applying some Canon profile to a Sony a1 II?

johnrellis

Legend

"At that point both the main image and the thumbnail shift towards a very green hue. ... Once the image has been deselected for a few moments, the thumbnail reverts to the correct color."

As a first troubleshooting step, upload a couple of raws that have that problem to Wetransfer, Dropbox, Google Drive, or similar free service and post the sharing link here. We can see if the issue occurs on other LR installations or is specific to yours.

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Barry36212844cdldAuthor

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I will do that next time I’m at my computer. Thanks.

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