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Thank for all your involvement in this. Wouldn't know where to start at all..

But as I've understood it from you all is that there is no solution to this problem other than waiting for Adobe?

Damn it...... Really sorry about that.
Didn't think about it before but I'll use my google drive instead:
Original CR2 file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B54-HXOZVpbIM2RXTGp5YzBsaTg/view?usp=sharing

Converted DNG file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B54-HXOZVpbIY1hQNFlWNFZ3TW8/view?usp=sharing

Thanks for your help.

Ah, my bad, cr2hdr.exe

Version info:
cr2hdr: Only version info I have there is "0c08758, updated 2015-05-09 19:25:05"
exiftool.exe 9.9.5.0
dcraw.exe: no version info
LightRoom: 6.1.1

Work flow:
Drag and drop dualiso .CR2 files into cr2hdr.exe to do the conversion.
Simple import resulting DNG files into lightroom from native folder; find the files, select what to import, and then click the import button.

Files used:
Original .CR2 file:   See post below for links
The converted DNG file: See post below for links

So, I've been playing around with both ML and Lightroom for about 8 months periodically and haven't had any issues all is well. About a week a go I noticed an issue with the DNG files generated from cr2dng converter. Seems like this issue has always been there and might not be the fault of the files generated, but thought I'd ask you all if you've encountered anything like this yourself and if you possibly have a solution for it.

The problem is that in LR the DNG files loses a lot of detail which can't be recovered. See attachments below.

How it looks in the Windows preview:


How it looks in LR by default after import:


How it looks if I drag down the exposure in LR, showing where LR somehow has lost details by clipping the highlights:


Any ideas or suggestions? Is this due to the import in LR or is there something wrong with the DNG files generated from the dual iso converter?

Didn't really preview the photos before after the conversion and imported directly in LR. Just assumed that it was very difficult do well adjusted photos with dual iso...

First off, searched the forums and couldn't find anything about this.
Secondly, I'm Very new to photography so might not have the understatement for what actually constitutes as being a useful feature.

So, the feature idea:
To use the phase data form Dual Pixel CMOS AF sensor in the 70D to obtain half resolution depth information for the scene.
My understanding of both this technology and how different physical aspects work in photography is very limited, so this might not be a possibility at all.
What this might be useful for, if at all possible or even logical, is to acquire a depth map.

Why I think this might be useful:
Since I've basically only been looking at the surface and not even begun scratching it I have very limited experience in developing and kind of retouching photos. Something I have found though is that when trying to create selection masks it is somewhat problematic and fiddly. The programs can't really do it automatically and doing it manually is doable but is taking time which could be spent on other things.
This data, if it were to work somewhat what I imagine, could be used to select areas with different depth values. This should make mask selection of objects and outlines much easier.


Anyways, thank you for this excellent peace of software and all your hard work.