Basic panel and DNG files

Can someone explain to me why, when working on a .DNG file in LR4 (4.3, to be exact), your get a different set of sliders in the Basic panel than when you have, say, a .NEF file open? This is most puzzling, as I am working from Scott Kelby's book, which shows the Highlights, Vibrance, etc. sliders available with a sample .DNG file open, but when I open the same file, in that panel I get Exposure, Fill light, etc. instead. If I then open a .NEF file, I get different sliders. Is this supposed to be this way? Confused...

Rob is correct, it's a question of Process Versions...but you need to understand that LR does NOT change the PV willie-nillie. If you had previous settings applied by a prior PV, LR will respect those setting. To get the most recent PV, OYU need to decide to do that. You can click on the PV warning in Develop or apply the PV update enmass by using a Preset...note, PV 2012 is almost always better then previous PVs, but not always (if you relied on some of the previous PV's artifacts which could sometimes work well). So I suggest doing the update image by image to confirm the PV 2012 is, in fact an improvement...

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