For example, you surrender the Camera RAW settings to the IDT on import. The data recorded by the sensor is interpreted by the A.C.E.S and thats what you get.
no.... sorry but really, no... i'm thinking you have not spent alot of seat time with ACES?
you do not have the linear to display refered options, the options that tone map and compress dynamic range and gamut into diusplay refered... as in
compress the gamut and dynamic range all other options are open to choice, iso, temp, tint, sharpening, on and on = all the artist's choice
Using the compressd dynamic range and gammut supplied by whomever = being forced into using footage that has it's dynamic range and gammut re-mapped and compressed to what ever they thought you might want.. And that all you give up, and it seems well worth giveing up if you have the chops to create your own starting point
what the real deal is the RRT, and that is not chageable in Resolve, as it is with other systems, and that's where artistic choice can be limiting in this particular application
but ultimatly less limiting that the dynamic range compression through tone mapping and gammut scaleing that is the sole reason for the display refered de-bayer options with RAW camera footage
yea, i've done alot of work in ACES in the last few years, i have a clue where the weak links are, and they are there, but really loseing access to the those de-bayer choices is far from a weak link, it's really the opposite