Lightroom 3.6 Camera Raw 6.6 - Issues with NEF files

Hello all,
I'm sure I'm not the only person with this problem, I'm a Nikon user and when I view NEF files in Lightroom 3, before the images loads completely it looks like it did on my camera but when the loading phase is done the picture darkens and it changes, sometimes darkens, sometimes changes tones.. What is happening here and is there any way around this with NEF files? I love Lightroom but if I can't work with NEF the way they look on my camera then I'm going to have to make the switch over to Capture NX 2 and I really don't want to.... In addition I have no problems with JPEG files so I know the issue is isolated to NEF files. I'm also on a Mac with 10.6.7 if that makes any difference.. not sure it does though.
Please help!!

This is not just a characteristic of NEF files. Adobe software and other third party software does not read the in camera settings, instead it applies default settings. The initial image you see is probably the stored image that was processed by the camera, but it is replaced by the image rendered using the defaults from Lightroom. The default camera profile is Adobe Standard, which does not match what you get from the camera. Adobe has generated Camera matching profiles for Nikon and Canon cameras and a few others. Go to Camera Calibration and select the same profile you have selected in the camera - it will have a name like Camera Standard, Camera Neutral, etc. If you have other parameters set to nominal in the camera, this will be a close match to the JPG from the camera. You can set a new default for Lightroom that will use the setting you select and it will use this when any new NEF files are first opened. If you want the NEF file to open identical to the JPG from the camera then Nikon software is the only option. If you were using a Canon, then Canon software would be the only option.

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Pentax
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