Originally posted by augustmoon All of the settings that I dial in the camera for the Jpg settings DO come across in Lightroom 2.4. Why? I don't know.
No flames from me, but indeed, as I said, it's extremely common for RAW processing programs to look at the EXIF and try to mimic those settings, and it's also common for RAW processing progams (including LR) to show the embedded preview until such a time as you start mucking with settings. Which of the two is going on here I can't say, not being in front of your computer. But it's definitely one or the other - no way is the camera's sharpening setting affecting the RAW data, period.
The moral being, don't believe everything you see. It might *look* like some camera setting has affected the RAW data, but what's going on behind the scenes will tell a different story, once you figure out how to look.