White balance values for NEF file

Hello
I'm using Ligthroom 1.2 with nikon raw files (NEF) taken with D80 camera (firmware 1.01).
The white balance is most of the time set to 5300K on my camera. But in LR, it always shows 4950K, with tint set to -1.
I know there is some compatibility problems between LR and NEF files, but does anyone know if there is a solution (except of course applying systematically the right temperature in LR during import.)?
Thanks
Erwann

I believe the issue is actually that Nikon encrypts the white balance in NEF files of recent cameras. If you
google for it you'll find lots of links to all the problems this caused. Adobe and other RAW software developers have had to reengineer the encryption of this value in order to get a reasonable value and in order to not break the DMCA (draconian US anti-piracy law). Apparently, for some cameras the algorithm is not so good. The alternative for Adobe would have been to use Nikon's RAW rendering library, which for obvious reasons will never happen. The only software I am aware of that correctly reads NEF white balance for cameras after the D2X without using Nikon's libraries is dcraw/ufraw, but they can get away with cracking the encryption. This really is one of the dumber things Nikon ever did.

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