Color rapresentation and calibrating ACR module...

I enjoyed lightroom very much , it semplifies my workflow a lot.... but....
looking at images I noticed that are really different from the one in DPP .
what you think ? it's better to stick with DPP for we canon users ?
file is a RAW ISO 200 Canon 20d + Ef 50mm - sunlight out of the door
Left is lightroom TIFF and right is the RAW , both opened in DPP as viewer.
No correction were applied to each file. only opened and saved.
http://www.nickbox.eu/stuff/colors.jpg
I tryed to calibrate colors in the ACR module in Lightroom but can't get so close at the reality
as DPP can do. Any help to correct that ?
thanks a lot.

For me, my reds, blues and greens are shifted... with my Canon 350d.
Nick, the best you may be able to do is use the calibration panel to get it to a good starting point. (Even adjust the tone curve to look good, then save those settings as a preset to apply as a starting point for all your images.)
If you have CS2 + macbeth color checker, there is a script (Thomas Fors?) that you can run to help get the calibration settings down.
My settings are still a work in progress, but much improved over the standard ACR settings, also you could try not using the AUTO tone button, as it often overbrightens the image.

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