> There are scenarios where allowing a scant 1% of a photo (for example) to be over-bright means much more range in the rest of the image I think that is why h

> There are scenarios where allowing a scant 1% of a photo (for example) to be over-bright means much more range in the rest of the image I think that is why hdr invented at first place. Sdr is never meant to present "sun casting on you directly". The sdr #fff in hdr setting is called "paper white". Looking at paper shouldn't hurt your eye in reality and nor does on screen.