"Splotchy" Nikon .NEF imports into LR4

Hi,
I am a new LR4 user. I have the latest 4.2 update. My camera is a Nikon D7000 and I have noticed something rather odd since I've started using LR4. When I import raw .NEF files into LR4 any area of the image that would normally be smooth has a "splotchy", textured appearance to it. Even at ISO 100, this textured appearance is visible on blurred, normally smooth portions of the image when zoomed in at 2:1 or 3:1. When I open the same image in Capture NX2, the same portions of the image are smooth as expected with no noise or otherwise weird appearance. To avoid this, I have to open the image in NX2 and save as a .TIF, then open in LR4. Then, everything looks okay. I have tried all the various profiles under 'Camera Calibration' but nothing gets rid of the annoying textured appearance. Anyone else noticed this, or am I doing something wrong?

Thank you for your response. I think you hit the proverbial "nail on the head".
When getting the screenshots ready, I paid attention to the settings on the 'Detail' panel. When I changed the default Sharpening amount from 25 to zero, the images looked almost identical at 300% zoom. I also noticed on the NX2 'Camera Settings' panel that a small amount of noise reduction was automatically being applied upon import. When turning that off, the images looked the same. When sharpening is increased in either program to where artifacts are present, the two images start to differ in appearance, but I assume that is due to the different sharpening algorithms used in the different programs. I will probably continue use Photoshop for final image sharpening. I haven't found anything else to compare to it for final sharpening.
Thanks again for helping this 'newbie' to Lightroom!
Mike

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