Issue Exporting TIFF Files in Lightroom 3

When exporting files from Lightroom in a TIFF Format Lightroom is applying specific dimensions to my photos. How do I make this stop so my files maintain the original image size?
For example.
Original Photo - 4256 x 2832, 10.8MB .NEF File shot on D700
Exported using TIFF Format, No Compression, Pro Photo RGB Colour Space and 16 bit depth. No changes to any part of the original file.
New exported file - 640 x 426, 1.6MB .TIF File
Normally I would expect a 16bit TIF export to become a larger file (more MB) yet maintain the original 4256 x 2832 image size.
This issue is happening for all my images. How can I solve this?

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