i just got back from shooting a listing in HDR (only my 3rd one in HDR, used slightly different EC this time) and for 30 minutes I progressively started to think I had massively messed things up, or a camera issue, until I realized I had installed 4.4RC and it absolutely HAD to be a software compatibility issue with photomatix. shadow areas were unfixably black - was so dark and random i eventually stopped thinking for a second and said to myself, it's not on my end me or gearwise. a quick google brought this thread, and i just wanted to say i haven't been so happy reading a thread on a photo forum in awhile.
i love this thread.