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Message: <blockquote data-quote="J-see" data-source="post: 371661" data-attributes="member: 31330">That's not really true is it?You're only capable of capturing a certain amount of tones, in or de-creasing exposure only shifts how those tones are displayed. If you add light, you lose dark or vice versa.Let's say we have a very simple cam only able to capture three tones;black, gray mix, white. Let's say I shoot three boxes; a black,white and gray one.If I shoot at normal exposure I'll have a black, gray and white box.If I overexpose I have gray, white and white.If I underexpose I have black, gray and gray.If I create a HDR of those, I'll end up with gray, gray, gray. No program cares what is what in an image. It'll compare ranges and either increase the brightness levels of those or decrease them. That's again killing highlights and shadows. Whatever gain comes at the expense of something else.If I merge three 24 bit shots, I'll still have to push those into one single 24 bit shot. If nothing would be lost when doing so when starting with a spread shot, that'd be quite the accomplishment.</blockquote>