5d mark II raw images soft

Hi All-while importing 5d mark II images into LR2 I've noticed they are very soft, almost to the point you think they are out of focus. At first I though it was a camera problem, but after reviewing the forums I see I'm not alone. When using Canon's DPP the images are sharp. While I do notice the colors are off slightly, I am more concerned with the image quality and was wondering if anyone had any ideas. Thanks

Maybe I can provide you with some examples.
I have not noticed any major sharpening differences between DPP and LR 2.4 with 5D MkII images.I have uploaded two example JPEGs, one rendered and converted with DPP 3.5.2.0, the other one rendered and exported with LR 2.4 (without any export sharpening in LR):
1) Image rendered in DPP 3.5.2.0 (21MB)
Default settings
Picture Style "Standard"
Sharpening 3 (Default)
ALO switched off
2) Image rendered in LR 2.4 (18MB)
Camera Calibration "Camera Standard"
Sharpening 25/1.0/25 (Default for Camera Calibration)
No export sharpening
The underlying RAW image can also be downloaded from here (34MB).
There is a slight color shift between the images (due to different rendering parameters as discussed in several threads in this forum), but I cannot see any relevant difference in sharpness.
Beat Gossweiler
Switzerland
Message was edited by: b_gossweiler (added file sizes)

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