Do you find your camera to overexpose?

I've owned numerous compacts over the years by different makes and I find
nearly all of them to be a little hot on exposure by 2/3 to a whole stop.
This is usually apparent outside when some objects tend to be a little
washed out. Gamma correction helps, but getting the shots with 2/3 or 1 stop
under exposure seems to work best as highlight detail is retained. The sky
becomes a deaper blue instead of very light cyan. I assume this overexposure
looks better on store made prints as the contrast can be high (lost
shadows)? For me underexposing looks much better and is like a free stop
worth of anti shake.

John

JohnR66 wrote:
> I've owned numerous compacts over the years by different makes and I
> find nearly all of them to be a little hot on exposure by 2/3 to a
> whole stop. This is usually apparent outside when some objects tend
> to be a little washed out. Gamma correction helps, but getting the
> shots with 2/3 or 1 stop under exposure seems to work best as
> highlight detail is retained. The sky becomes a deaper blue instead
> of very light cyan. I assume this overexposure looks better on store
> made prints as the contrast can be high (lost shadows)? For me
> underexposing looks much better and is like a free stop worth of anti
> shake.
>
> John

All digital cameras vary from make to make. My Nikon D70 DSLR underexposes
by about 1/2 stop, which used to make me think it was my individual camera
until I read in 3 separate reviews that Nikon have deliberately made it that
way.

So now I set the exposure to + half a stop, and it's perfect!

Dennis