@atpfm I appreciate the clarification about “expose to the right“ in photography, but it seemed like you still didn’t get into exactly why that is beneficial. John kind of hand-waved it, but my recollection is that the behavior of the sensor is non-linear such that there are many more values available in the brighter areas than in the darker areas. Therefore, having more of a picture in the brighter zone gives more precision for RGB values and thus more freedom to work with the image.