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What exactly is "chimpping"? I've heard this term used again and again in podcasts.
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I'm pretty sure it refers to the practice of checking the LCD screen on the back of your camera after taking the shot :-)
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Wikipedia provides a great article on chimping:
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Actually I'm occasionally guilty as well. I'll do it to some degree when I'm shooting sports - mostly so I can delete shots I know weren't as good as I wanted (assuming the situation allows). Not many "oohs" and "ahhhs" but an occasional curse word when I had a great shot opportunity and botched it or instead ended up with a ref's arm thru the frame :G
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Legend has it that a professional photographer scolded a fellow photographer on the sidelines of a sporting event;telling him to "quit chimping and start shooting". The term stuck.
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Whenever possible, I shoot in manual mode using the camera's histogram/flashing-image as a light meter. Since my camera does not have a live view, some folks may think I am chimping (Oooh, Oooh, Aaahh, Oooh...). That is a simple demonstration of their ignorance.
Metering that way is the reason I'd like a live histogram view on a cSLR. |
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The solution to this public derision problem is to go back to the birth of photography, and have a black cloth over the head. This was one of my many solutions to the problem of seeing nothing but a beautiful reflected image of me, rather than the intended subject,on the LCD screen in all but ideal lighting conditions. This isn't ideal, but at least you'll look like a retro-photographer rather than a chimpanzee.
Now I have an electronic viewfinder on a 'hybrid' camera so I can chimp while looking as though I'm taking pictures. PS. Love your new avatar, Bill. My beard has some way to go, because my wife keeps chopping it off when she spots too much debris in it. |
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Thanks guys. Chimping. Every one does it no matter how experienced you are. No big deal. As long as you end up getting the shots you want.
![]() And I suspect new owners of the Sony A700 are chimping quite often cheicking shots on their 920k LCD (and soon owners of the Nikon D3/D300). "Photography on guys!". Onto other topics... ![]() |
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