External Editor settings don't move to photoshop

In Lightroom 3.3 I have set my Additional External Editor to Photoshop.exe, TIFF, sRGB, 8 bits, 72 resolution. When I choose Edit in and choose this preset, the photo shows up in photoshop as 16 bit pro photo, which are my first settings.
I can't work out what I am doing wrong. Why aren't the settings sRGB 8 bits?

Thanks for that Charlie. I have the same problem with jpegs and tifs. I reset all the lightroom defaults, but still have the problem. Are you working with 64 bit PS5 and LR3.3?
I haven't made any adjustments to my photos in LR, just in case that had anything to do with it. Everytime I select to edit in Additional External Editor, whether left as Custom or saved as a preset, when the Edit box comes up I need to change the Copy File Options they then remain the default options whether I select to edit in - "Adobe Photoshop PS5" or the Additional External Editor Option. The only difference being that once I change the Copy File Options, the 1st - Edit in - Option (Adobe Photoshop PS5" now takes on the new options I set in the Copy File Options. The only way I can now be sure of the file properties I want to export to Photoshop is to always select the second Edit in Option and then set the Copy File Options. In other words, no matter what I set in the preferences the file will always go to the external editor with the last settings I used in the Copy File Options.
Hope you can follow me. If you are using the same programs as I am then I am doing something wrong. Otherwise it must be a bug.
BTW I just realized that I don't have the latest updates installed for PS5. Thought I did, sorry about that. I will install the updates and let you know if that fixes my little problem.

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