musicaleCA
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Camera sensors have dynamic ranges around 12 stops at the best of times (a very high quality sensor at ISO 100). The human eye has around 20. HDRI approaches or exceeds this 20-stop dynamic range, and then is tone-mapped so that it can actually be displayed on current media. A single RAW file cannot produce an HDR image, period. And furthermore, an actual HDR image will produce better detail in the shadows than a single RAW exposure, every time.