In Camera Custom Profiles + LR4

Question

Hi Folks
I'm wondering if Lightroom 4 is capable of interpreting the custom profiles that I have set in my camera. For example, I have created some settings in my cameras, a Nikon D700 and D3, related to the adjustments of density and tone that can be done in-camera, which I would love if Lightroom would be able to load them.
By default, LR4 converts all the pictures to what it seems, the original state of the picture or, the factory defaults from camera onto the pictures.
I have not digged too much into this because I mostly shoot in Neutral Mode (factory default ofNikon) and, in RAW, but I have seen a noticeable difference between how the pictures look in-camera, and how they look in LR (since the first beta, by the way).
I have also seen that some people have uploaded to the web, different types of "camera calibration" pressets for different models of cameras and brands, but I have also noticed that those settings don't actualy work as they are supposed to.
Somehow, I'm assuming that LR4 is not able to match the in-camera configurations due my long experience since the first beta of LR, but I'm also asking if there is a way to make LR4 matching the same in-camera confiuguration.
So another thing that LR4 should come with, is a way to match adjustments between pictures, for example, with the User's Pressets or, between the "copy/paste adjustments" from a pic to another.
So... Well... Anyway... I have moved a "little bit" out off topic myself.
¡There you have it!
Ø3

Answer 1

Second comment:
"As far as match adjustments, uh, you know you can Sync image adjustments accross multiple images, right? And that you can apply a preset at import or later in the Library, right?
I think you need to learn a bit more how to use Lightroom...watch some of the free video tutorials availabe at Adobe TV."
Third comment (yours):
"...or learn how to use all of LR's tools".
And I have said:
"Yes, I'm pretty much concerned about Lightroom and the Sync Feature; it does exists since the first version of Lightroom that came out (even before, when it was just Camera Raw inside PS)".
"I do that, but pressets never gives the same style to different pictures, even if they're a little bit different and that's why I said that LR should have a function similar to the Match Color found in Adobe Photoshop."
"I have never shot in JPEG."
"I'm very concerned about Digital Imaging".
My question is:
"I'm wondering if Lightroom 4 is capable of interpreting the custom profiles that I have set in my camera."
And none of the answers have addressed to my question. So I put some images done just in LR (which have taken me 8 hours at least) in order to establish that yes, I use Lightroom a lot and every aspect of it since the day that LR wasn't created but Camera RAW.
To be perfectly honest I have no idea what you mean by "creating a few great custom in-camera settings," since you say "I have never shot in JPEG."
In-camera Custom Pressets are useful for certain situations, so for example, I have confgured the camera for certain landscape/waterscape photography, for fashion and for black & white, even if I shot in RAW, I like having a fast feedback in the LCD camera display about how will come the shot with the custom settings I did and, enhance the picture from my settings and not from zero (like when importing the pictures into Lightroom). There are amazing ways to create fantastic custom pressets in-camera, which are applied to every single picture without any kind of change in the process. I can use the same presset in every single situation without getting unmatched results from picture to picture (like it happens in LR when applying X presset to other pics).
The Camera Calibration Panel and pressets are not able to match the color/density interpreted by the camera itself, even if I pass moving the sliders for hours (from every panel). LR does its own demosaicing. Even the WB is changed (slight, but noticieable). Yes, I know that each RAW Editor demosaices the image in its own way, which shouldn't be that way, at least, not LR.
For example, Aperture is very, very accurate when demosaicing RAW Files (specially in color interpretation and edition), but I preffer LR for certain things, like for B&W editing. For color, I usually go more into Aperture because it is more accurate and with less gaps between values, but I use both programs, therefore, I edit each picture in both programs and select the pic with the best look.
The only other way these custom settings can be applied to the raw image file is using Nikon's raw converter software.
That was the first RAW Editor I used when I got the Nikon D700 (my First Nikon), but's quite sloppy and obsolete. Even the Nikon Capture doesn't demoisaic the pictures accurately. It's better than any other editor for NEF Files, of course, it's the Nikon's Editor, but not perfct in this matter.
Are these examples of LR's inability to duplicate your in-camera presets?
No, these examples were taken with the Neutral Factory Default Presset from the Nikon to show that I actually use Lightroom a lot, with a deep knowledge about how it works in order to avoid the "¿do you know how to sync, create pressets and use the Camera Calibration Panel?" kind of questions.
If so please post the images with your in-camera presets applied for comparison and explain why they are better.
It's not a matter of quality, but a matter of an accurate interpretation from Camera to Computer thing. I want to enhance what I already have with my in-camera pressets instead of starting from zero. Just in case: yes, I have all my devices perfectly calibrated.
Thanks anyway... I will keep trying,
Ø3