[davidmanze]

If a camera has a wide DR even doing no processing it should be better.... with a gentler gradient and more foot and headroom in blacks and whites ...... unlike one with a poor DR ..... 

Here we are talking "my blacks can be brighter than your's" .... and get me out of a situation ....... it's best not to get in it!

We should be comparing DR with unforced images ..... if then you so desire to fiddle a little, that's your prerogative!

... however it shouldn't be used as a get out of jail card ..... as it rarely does .......