What do working cinematographers say about exposing for HDR when a proper on-set HDR monitor is not available, and where do they disagree?

Cinematographers writing in 2016-2018 agree that meters and exposure knowledge still matter in HDR but split on how much practice changes: some say to expose as for film with testing and an ACES pipeline ("use a meter ... read shadows, read highlights"), others say highlights need deliberate placement, HDR should be monitored with periodic SDR checks and a spot meter is the fallback without a monitor, and an ASC paper recommends an on-set HDR reference monitor with a waveform that validates rather than replaces exposure readings. These are practitioner accounts that pre-date current LED-volume workflows. Curator qualifications: Practitioner texts read 2026-10-22; testimony and guidance, not measurement. Practitioners and forum users referred to by role; usernames not recorded. Monitor brightness-limiting remark (F1) and ASC first section (E5) not separately re-read. Limitations: Practitioner texts read 2026-10-22; testimony and guidance, not measurement. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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    {
      "url": "https://community.acescentral.com/t/a-cinematographers-take-on-hdr-and-aces/465",
      "note": "ACEScentral thread t/465 (live 2026-10-22); ProVideo Coalition: A guide to shooting HDR, day 5 (live); [producer working copy; not public] sha256 6cda8441536a8111 (equal to pin S34); pdftotext line 221"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.provideocoalition.com/a-guide-to-shooting-hdr-day-5-the-technical-side-of-hdr/",
      "note": "ACEScentral thread t/465 (live 2026-10-22); ProVideo Coalition: A guide to shooting HDR, day 5 (live); [producer working copy; not public] sha256 6cda8441536a8111 (equal to pin S34); pdftotext line 221"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://cdn.theasc.com/curtis-clark-asc-understanding-high-dynamic-range.pdf",
      "note": "ACEScentral thread t/465 (live 2026-10-22); ProVideo Coalition: A guide to shooting HDR, day 5 (live); [producer working copy; not public] sha256 6cda8441536a8111 (equal to pin S34); pdftotext line 221"
    }
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