I've been reading up on tone reproduction operators, it seems to be a messy field of research still in quite a bit of flux. Papers from a decade ago appear stale and recent ones become more and more esoteric, trying to be all things to all people. But it seems to me that as it pertains to photographers the problem is not that complicated if the intent is perceptual accuracy: given a properly exposed/brightened raw capture with mid-gray at roughly L*50 or 18% in the linear data, what operator would best fit roughly 14 stops of DR into a user defined 8-10 stops viewed in typical conditions? For Landscapers like us, in practice I think it could be simplified down to a couple of variables, the rest could be assumed away.
So assuming a typical sunny scene input captured and viewed on typical current quality (FF) hardware, what Tone Reproduction Operator would work best today if the intent were 'perceptually accurate'?
Grateful for any pointers and suggestions.
Jack