Canon 5D, prophoto and external editor

Hello all,
As I'm on a slow system I've decided to use Aperture for RAW conversion,white balance exposure and library management but use Photoshop as the default editor for the other adjustments (levels is too jerky) on best images and living with the larger file sizes - coming from a world of 220MB scanned images it's not so bad.
However, I'm having problems with the colour space when I edit externally. The 5D only has two options and you must pick one - Adobe (1998) and sRGB, there's no prophoto. So I have set it as Adobe (1998), thinking that as I'm working with RAW images it wouldn't matter. But when I edit externally PS prompts that there is a colour space mismatch - it recognises it as Adobe (1998) - if I convert it to the Prophoto working space the image has a red cast (I guess because converting to a wider colour space from a narrower one doesn't work). Interestingly, if I export instead from Aperture, it is set up as 16 bit prophoto and this works fine. When opened in PS the image does not show this red colour cast and it opens correctly in the prophoto colour space.
Is there a solution to this or is it not possible to edit externally in the prophoto colour space with the Canon 5D? Perhaps exporting externally edited Adobe (1998) version results in a 16 bit prophoto image but that means I've two PSD files + RAW. The other compromise option is to export for adjustments and then reimport so it remains within the Aperture system. I can live with this latter compromise but wondered if there was a solution to this external editing colour space. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Kind regards,
Ross

Aperture automatically sends Adobe98 images out to the external editor, it's got nothing to do with the camera model.
If you want other colour spaces available you won't be alone and I suggest hitting Aperture>Provide Aperture Feedback within Aperture.
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