Just for the record, the Adobe Camera RAW module in Lightroom is capable of applying the same Nikon specific in-camera options. And I suspect that with Google discontinuing support of CaptureNX2 (i.e. no updates for future NEF formats on new cameras) I suspect that the Nikon Pro will soon be updating his quote.
I am sorry, but ACR & LR cannot apply
all of the same Nikon in-camera settings; if so, why if you have the camera's picture control set to Monochrome at the time of exposure does LR open the image in color? Where is the Auto Dust Off Reference feature and why do raw images shot using different Auto D-Lighting settings in the camera all appear the same in LR but different in Capture NX2? Where is the "Show Focus Point" feature. These are just a few of the differences.
Nik Software, which was purchased by Google late last year, was a partner of Nikon in certain features of Capture (Color Control Point technology). Nik was not the sole developer of Capture, and while Google will not be offering updates of Nik plug-ins for Nikon NEF files from new Nikon cameras, that does not mean that future versions of Capture will lack the same features that Nik developed in concert with Nikon.
When the D800 was initially released about this time in 2012, many new owners complained that the performance was far from what they expected from a 36MP camera when shooting in raw. These same owners stated that JPEG files actually looked better than the NEF images. This issue was found to be directly linked to the owners using 3rd party software to open the raw files. The early releases of ACR, Bridge, Aperture, etc. developed by these 3rd party software companies designed for the D800 failed to fully resolve all 36MP from the D800 NEF files. This issue has since been
mostly corrected by updates to the 3rd party programs, but I still contend that maximum image quality of NEF files can only be realized by opening these images in Nikon software. I have looked at NEF files opened side-by-side in both Nikon and other software, and the files opened in NX2 show a noticeable image quality improvement over ACR or any other software.
By my statements you may be thinking that I must work for Nikon; I do not. These are just my personal and professional observations.