Nikon Capture NX sharpening bug!

I’ve found a blatant bug which explains why some Nikon D3 images processed in Nikon Capture NX 1.3.0) go soft (Mac OS X 10.4.11, MacPro). Let your own eyes see the story—mouse over the image below; the only difference in processing is that the blurry one was processed with exposure compensation of +1/2 stop. Apparently, using exposure compensation in Capture NX disables any sharpening set in Picture Control (set like this no sharpening will happen). Perhaps there are other such combinations that defeat sharpening.

Nikon D3, actual pixels. Mouse over: f/2 <=> f/2 +1/2 stop