Beginner Underexpose Shots with Lots of Highlights?

It would probably help if I had selected the right camera...
If it makes you feel better, I was confused about other things and had not gotten around to being confused by your graph.
 
Maybe you just need to experiment and do what works for you?

I did tests before with the old A7 - set 'correct' exposure at a pretty high ISO and then dropped it by one stop at a time. In LR I then brightened each file by the relevant 'stops' to match the original high ISO file and compared them all.

On the A7Riii, I don't really worry about what the ISO is set to because it's not really noticeable in final images anyway.
 
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