But if you use G=1.0 and export as non-HDR file, arent you're lacking the information to do a good GC in postwork? If you export as HDR or EXF you still have the nessesary information in the image, but these files are gamma corrected when you cut them down to a viewable dynamic range. 

Am I wrong here?

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