Thanks for pointing this out... interesting how this is more or less how ADL works.
If you're referring to what I've linked to below, it's regarding the JPEG output not raw.
As I wrote above, check nothing. The difference between metered middle gray and raw highlight clipping isn't going to change because the well capacity of the sensor isn't going to change. As long as you know that value, you can spot meter the highlights and know that they won't be clipped in raw.
Unfortunately, it doesn't tell us anything about the raw file. And we've paid for many other things in our cameras that we likely never use.
That's a good point, as in I wouldn't think video would help with preserving highlights much.
Right, but I don't print or display RAW, 16-bit, or anything remotely like it. In the end we're going to have to "squeeze." I like looking at JPG, because ultimately my output is JPG (yes, yes, I know Roman and others say they print straight from TIF, and I ask, what do you show your clients on your online storefront to get them to buy that print?). Whatever I do to the RAW to get there, the starting JPG tells me how much work I will (or will not) have to do. It's not completely irrelevant, especially for cases where you do need to pretty much do straight RAW-to-JPG converts because the client isn't sitting around while you preserve highlights or protect shadows.
