Stephen,
Thanks for the link you posted. Will put it here to save people backpaging to search for it.
http://www.prime-junta.net/pont/How_..._workflow.html An excellent read.
Other than prints larger than 10 x 8 which can be overcome and I will have a go later, the biggest issue seems to be shadow and highlight detail. Particularly highlight.
I have not done more than speed read the links I posted yesterday, as I visited a huge number of sites and was trying to get to the easiest to read analysis ones. It is a fairly complex subject and some stuff was really in the realms of computer boffins.
I will go away and digest this lot.
Please post any comments you have on exposing for highlights as this will apply to both RAW and JPEG but with greater implications on JPEG.
Thanks again
Don