Why are my NEF files appearing faded and dull?

Just purchased ps cs4 and I'm totally new to it having used capture nx2 before now, but I don't understand why my nef files are coming out so faded and low in contrast? When I download from the camera and when I download via Nikon transfer. The files seem perfect in NX2 but way too washed out and low in contrast in bridge and photoshop. Same problem with the windows photoviewer. Anybody help me please?

Thanks Yammer, but where is that tab? I've opened the image in camera raw
and clicked on the dialogue tab but don't see a camera calibration setting.
2009/11/25 Yammer P <[email protected]>
It's possibly because you are using the wrong camera profile.
>
Load an unedited NEF into Camera Raw, and then select the Camera
Calibration tab. The Camera Profile selection box should give you a choice
of several profiles. The nearest to what you are used to with might be
Camera Standard or Camera Vivid.  Select the new profile, and then click on
the Options icon to the far right, selecting Save New Camera Raw Defaults.
As long as your Camera Raw defaults are not set to be ISO dependant, this
profile should work for all your unedited NEFs from then on.
>

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