Sharpening radius changed to 2 when importing using camera-specific default preset

[adann]

When I use a camera-specific default preset, the Sharpening Radius is set to 2 instead of the Adobe default setting of 1.  This issue only occurs when I have the Default preset specified in Preferences. 

As context, the camera I am importing from is a Nikon Z6ii.  My develop preset includes: camera-specific profile, Auto Tone and in Lens Corrections, Remove Chromatic Aberration = checked, Enable Profile Correction = checked.  I've pasted the XML from the Develop Preset XMP at the bottom of this post.  The file is also attached. I am using LRC 11.4.1 on a 2021 Macbook Pro (M1 chip) running OSX 12.5.

Tests I have done:

1) Preset used in both Preferences -> Presets and Import -> Apply During Import -> Develop Setting: Result is Radius set to 2

2) Preset used only in Preferences -> Presets: Result is Radius set to 2

3) Preset used only in Import -> Apply During Import -> Develop Setting: Result is Radius is set to 1

4) Preferences -> Presets set to Adobe Default (no camera-specifc setting and Import -> Apply During Import -> Develop Setting set to unchecked (LR defaults in other words): Result is Radius set to 1.

Conclusions:

• The preset works in test 3 so that's not the issue.
• Given the difference between 3 and the first two tests, it seems there is a bug in the Preferences Preset functionality.  Might be camera specific.  I didn't test other cameras.

See below for a screen shot of my Preset Preferences.

Preset XML

<x:xmpmeta xmlns:x="adobe:ns:meta/" x:xmptk="Adobe XMP Core 7.0-c000 1.000000, 0000/00/00-00:00:00 ">
<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">
<rdf:Description rdf:about=""
xmlns:crs="http://ns.adobe.com/camera-raw-settings/1.0/"
crs:PresetType="Normal"
crs:Cluster=""
crs:UUID="E1C48BD51F684C8D97A0BA409801E7B5"
crs:SupportsAmount2="False"
crs:SupportsAmount="False"
crs:SupportsColor="True"
crs:SupportsMonochrome="True"
crs:SupportsHighDynamicRange="True"
crs:SupportsNormalDynamicRange="True"
crs:SupportsSceneReferred="True"
crs:SupportsOutputReferred="True"
crs:RequiresRGBTables="False"
crs:CameraModelRestriction=""
crs:Copyright=""
crs:ContactInfo=""
crs:Version="14.4.1"
crs:ProcessVersion="11.0"
crs:AutoLateralCA="1"
crs:LensProfileEnable="1"
crs:DefringePurpleAmount="0"
crs:DefringePurpleHueLo="30"
crs:DefringePurpleHueHi="70"
crs:DefringeGreenAmount="0"
crs:DefringeGreenHueLo="40"
crs:DefringeGreenHueHi="60"
crs:ConvertToGrayscale="False"
crs:AutoTone="True"
crs:CameraProfile="Nikon Z6ii Dual"
crs:CameraProfileDigest="542C67830C74389286CF2EADC8C16FCD"
crs:LensProfileSetup="Custom"
crs:HasSettings="True"
crs:CropConstrainToWarp="0">
<crs:Name>
<rdf:Alt>
<rdf:li xml:lang="x-default">Z6ii import</rdf:li>
</rdf:Alt>
</crs:Name>
<crs:ShortName>
<rdf:Alt>
<rdf:li xml:lang="x-default"/>
</rdf:Alt>
</crs:ShortName>
<crs:SortName>
<rdf:Alt>
<rdf:li xml:lang="x-default"/>
</rdf:Alt>
</crs:SortName>
<crs:Group>
<rdf:Alt>
<rdf:li xml:lang="x-default"/>
</rdf:Alt>
</crs:Group>
<crs:Description>
<rdf:Alt>
<rdf:li xml:lang="x-default"/>
</rdf:Alt>
</crs:Description>
</rdf:Description>
</rdf:RDF>
</x:xmpmeta>

[johnrellis]

What's happening here is a little obscure:

For the last couple of years, Nikon has been embedding default LR develop settings in its raw .nefs.  Here are the settings for the Nikon Z 6 II from a sample .nef I downloaded from dpreview.com:

[XMP]           Creator Tool                    : NIKON Z 6_2 Ver.01.10
[XMP]           Create Date                     : 2021:04:29 16:54:27.10
[XMP]           Rating                          : 0
[XMP]           Exposure 2012                   : 0.00
[XMP]           Highlights 2012                 : -7
[XMP]           Shadows 2012                    : 10
[XMP]           Luminance Smoothing             : 26
[XMP]           Luminance Noise Reduction Detail: 75
[XMP]           Luminance Noise Reduction Contrast: 0
[XMP]           Color Noise Reduction           : 10
[XMP]           Color Noise Reduction Detail    : 50
[XMP]           Color Noise Reduction Smoothness: 50
[XMP]           Sharpness                       : 44
[XMP]           Sharpen Radius                  : 2.00
[XMP]           Sharpen Detail                  : 25
[XMP]           Sharpen Edge Masking            : 0
[XMP]           Contrast 2012                   : -6
[XMP]           Saturation                      : 2
[XMP]           Camera Profile                  : Camera Standard

Note in particular Sharpen Radius = 2.00.   

When you have Preferences > Presets > Global set to Adobe Default or the camera override set to Adobe Default, those settings embedded in the .nef are ignored.  

But if you set Preferences > Presets > Global to Camera Settings or the camera override set to Camera Settings, then those settings embedded in the .nef are used as the default settings.

Experimentation shows that if you set Global or the camera override to a user preset, then LR uses Camera Settings rather than Adobe Settings as the base settings, and the user preset is applied atop of Camera Settings.

So your default preset should set those settings to whatever you desire (e.g. 0).

I think Nikon is the only major brand that embeds default LR settings in their raw files. Canon and Sony haven't done it with their newer cameras.