Lens Correction Problem

I'm using a Nikon D3 and Nikon professional lenses which are all recognised by the Photoshop CS5 (12.04) lens Correction function when inputting RAW images.
But...
If I process any of my RAW files through Photomatix (saving as JPG) and then open them in CS5 the lens correction function only recognises the images as having come from a Nikon Coolpix camera and I'm not given the option of selecting a Nikon D3 and associated lenses.
I can understand that there's some loss of functionallity due to the processing through Photomatix but I would have hoped that I would have been given the option to 'override' the lens correction feature and force it to recognise the Nikn D3 I'm using.
This isn't possible, or is it?
Any help/advice would be very welcome...
Richard

See if selecting Nikon Corporation instead of Nikon from the camera make drop-down menu makes a difference.

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After auto aligning of layers in Photoshop:
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The vertical and horizontal sliders are behaving more like the distortion slider.
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when I reset all the sliders to zero. The image doe not reset to its original position.
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I am very sorry this is so vague and quite speculative. I hope I will be able to give you more accurate feedback later.

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