Hi,

what you're looking at is the difference between the in-camera Canon
processing and Darktable's processing. DT has its own way of
processing the RAW data in the CR2 file that is not 100% the same way
Canon uses, which produces changes in the final output. Is not that
one or the other are right or wrong, they're just different.

> When importing photos (CR2) into Darktable (2.0.7),
> colors/contrast/brightness... aren't the same as in the "Gnome Document
> Viewer" preview (and on the screen of my 80D).

The Gnome's viewer is probably using the JPG preview embedded in the
CR2 file, and in that case it should look almost the same to the 80D's
screen. DT takes the real CR2 data and processes it, so it will almost
always look different (it's also color managed, so there may also be a
difference there if you profiled your monitor)

> I initially had problems with Darktable 1.4.2 where every photo (same
> format, same DSLR) imported would look pink. I upgraded to 2.0.7 and the
> problem was gone, that is why I suspect that this might be another
> darktable-related problem.

Your problem with DT 1.4.2 was probably related to the camera being
unsupported yet (wild guess). What you have now is probably not a
problem, just a different look. I had the same "shock" the first time
I used it, because one is used to the Canon processed look and DT's
look "different". But after a while I learned to stop looking to
Canon's JPG as "the" target and perfect processing, and to use my own
judgement (and DT powerful processing) to decide how the image should
look like.

So, don't worry! Start playing with DT (and read the manual), and
you'll soon find out that you can control the final image much more.

Best regards,
Guillermo
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