Originally posted by cheekygeek I couldn't (respectfully) disagree more and at the heart of the discussion is what constitutes HDR. Most of the stuff made with Photomatix is most definitely NOT HDR.
Good intro/tutorial to what REAL HDR is:
Backing Winds: How to Create Professional HDR Images As falconeye said, problem is in users, not in software, since many people are trying to get cartoon-like results, and they think THAT's HDR. And it's not!
If you take few pics from -2 to +2 EV (or greater range; K10D allows ±3), and then blend them proper way, what's that if not HDR? That's excatly what guy on the link you have give is talking about
Just using Photoshop rather than Photomatix, or some other software.
>Jasvox: this program looks interesting, will try it, tnx.