NEF images become dull after import

After importing images from a Nikon Df using the NEF raw format, and upon viewing them for the first time in the LR library, they briefly appear as crisp as they were on the camera, but an instant later, they are resized by a small amount and appear a notch dull, i.e. of less contrast and saturation, than the original. I can reconstruct the original impression with some effort, but of course that's not the purpose of using LR. It appears as if LR automatically applies some import settings that are unknown to me. Is someone here wiser?

What you’re seeing is normal. The brief initial view is the camera-embedded JPG preview that is done with Nikon rendering by the camera. After that the default Adobe rendering is applied and it can look dull by comparison, depending on the lighting.
Adobe has no way of interpreting the camera settings because they are proprietary to Nikon. The closest you can come, easily, is to use one of the Camera-XXXX profiles (i.e. Camera Standard, Camera Portrait) in the Camera Calibration section which Adobe makes to somewhat simulate the various picture modes on the camera, instead of using the default Adobe Standard
Some of the camera settings in your camera, like Auto-D-Lighting, correct for bad exposure. LR does have an Auto tone button that might do something conceptually similar but will unlily yield the same result. f you are going to be developing Nikon raw files in Adobe products, it’s best to turn those auto-fix settings like ADL off so avoid confusion.
You can set new customized defaults by pressing the Alt key in LR-Develop and clicking Set Default… and it’ll save whatever the current photo’s current settings are as the new defaults.
You can also apply a Develop Preset to each import batch on an ad hoc basis to make all photos of one export have different settings than the default.

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