Why does a custom camera profile look different in LR/ACR than in the DNG Editor

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Laura Shoe

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Hi everyone, I have posted this in the DNG forum but haven't gotten a response, so I thought I would try here, given how much expertise there is in this community.

I have a client who shoots with a Leica DMR. The reds are way to saturated and magenta. We created a new camera profile in the DNG editor using a color-checker chart, shot at D65'' and Tungsten. Looks great, and Lightroom recognizes it. The issue: when we look at a photograph in the DNG editor with this profile, it looks much better. When we look at the same photograph in LR/ACR with the profile selected, the reds are still too saturated and magenta (though way better than without our profile). Why would a photo look different in the two applications, with the same profile?
Image in the DNG Editor with the custom profile (still needs white balancing of course):
[img width=6'' height=397]http://www.laurashoe.com/in_dng_editor.jpg[/img]
in Lightroom or ACR with the custom profile selected:
[img width=6'' height=398]http://www.laurashoe.com/in_lr.jpg[/img]
 
I don't know the answer off the top of my head, but if you fancy shooting me the DNG, the recipe and the profile, I'd love to see if I can replicate it - and in the process, see why it's mismatching. Do you want to drop it on my server? http://www.vbftp.net/ username webupload, password 123
 
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