Imaging recource: Should you underexpose your images on purpose to save highlight data?

You'll often photographers discuss the benefits of exposing to the right. This is exposing your RAW images such that you push the histogram as far to the right without losing highlight detail as possible. The benefits of this method include getting better image quality and less visible noise. However, what about underexposing your images on purpose and then bringing up the detail during post-processing? This is the topic photographer Manny Ortiz explores in his newest video. As he says at the beginning, ultimately, what matters...
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