Chimp or Not
Oct 25, 2019 05:50:39 #
I can only say that every professional news photographer that I worked with in Asia over the years reviewed what they shot immediately after taking the shots, unless they have to shoot something else at that moment. To not do so in the field, when one can at least sometimes redo the shot if necessary, is the height of both irresponsibility and folly. Of course this is less necessary when using mirrorless, which is WYSIWYG, but even then, reviewing the images when not distracted by actually taking the shot has enormous value.
Oct 25, 2019 05:51:56 #
MrBob wrote:
Interesting responses... Perhaps the one I had not considered was the PC aspects of the term itself... Is it demeaning ? Should we banish it to the banishment bin along with " Taking the shot, capture, using Bulb, nifty fifty, or any other slang words that we normally use in our craft ? Is a bird Perching any diff. than a Chimp Chimping... Anyhoot, any conversation topic other than "which is better, Canon or Nikon" is refreshing.
Yes, it is a demeaning term, implying a mindless action. It is anything but. And anyway, Sony is better ;)
Oct 25, 2019 06:05:20 #
I often 'pre-chimp'
With the superb live EVF on the EOS R I have one viewscreen which shows the histogram in real time so can apply exposure compensation and see the immediate effect
With the superb live EVF on the EOS R I have one viewscreen which shows the histogram in real time so can apply exposure compensation and see the immediate effect
Oct 25, 2019 06:05:32 #
If I didn't chimp I'd get a lot of all black or washed out shots while adjusting my settings in different lighting conditions. Or tilted or ill-composed. I don't review every shot, but it sure helps me try out different things to get the shot right.
Oct 25, 2019 06:06:20 #
suminblacky
Loc: Mercer Pa.
I find it amusing that someone would be upset that using the word might offend a pack of monkeys. As for "chimping" ( a word now firmly enbedded in the English lauguage) I see it as a great improvement of modern technology over the old. No longer having to wait to see how your prints turn out is a great advantage. I got five film cameras mothballed in my closet that I'll never probably use again. Digital has breathed new life into the old art of photography.
Oct 25, 2019 06:22:53 #
suminblacky wrote:
I find it amusing that someone would be upset that using the word might offend a pack of monkeys. As for "chimping" ( a word now firmly enbedded in the English lauguage) I see it as a great improvement of modern technology over the old. No longer having to wait to see how your prints turn out is a great advantage. I got five film cameras mothballed in my closet that I'll never probably use again. Digital has breathed new life into the old art of photography.
In the old days of 16mm film, we used to shoot a test shot at the beginning of the reel, which the lab would clip off and develop first, in order to calibrate development for the rest of the reel based on the reference values seen on that clip. We have come a long way.
Oct 25, 2019 06:55:50 #
I never do. I'd rather shoot 600 shots and then LATER find out that I screwed up.
Oct 25, 2019 07:07:55 #
Is an electronic viewfinder the ultimate chimping tool? Oh, the shame of looking through your viewfinder...😕
(By the way, the UHH spellchecker does not recognize "chimping", so it must not be a real word!)
(By the way, the UHH spellchecker does not recognize "chimping", so it must not be a real word!)
Oct 25, 2019 07:17:03 #
Practical view with which I agree.
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Oct 25, 2019 07:18:06 #
suminblacky
Loc: Mercer Pa.
I once read somewhere that photography could have started as early as the first half of the 1600's using the alchemy of that day and the camera obscrua. But it took another 200 years for someone to put it together and get it right. Imagine having pictures of those days. You see that in the last 20 years how digital has improved it makes you wonder where it will be in the next 20, 30 or 50. I wonder if they'll still be "chimping"?
Oct 25, 2019 07:34:49 #
MrBob wrote:
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Why not chimp when needed? Unless your ego says your too good for that and never needed it when you shot film.😁😁😁
Oct 25, 2019 07:44:43 #
jerseymike wrote:
I am new to this. I cannot think for the life of me why this "chimping" thing even matters.
Oct 25, 2019 07:45:49 #
Good film photographers used to spend a lot to get a polaroid back, buy polaroid film, and have the hassle of waiting for the polaroid film to process numerous times until they were sure they had the lighting just right before taking crucial shots, then changing the polaroid film back to the normal back and calculating the right settings based on a different ISO for the film. This was "chimping" the old way. Now, it is so convenient to check the shot in a second for FREE!
Oct 25, 2019 07:50:14 #
I hardly ever "chimp". I know my cameras well enough that it's not necessary.
Now a funny story. When I got my first digital, I resigned myself to using that exclusively in order to learn the camera as best I could. I "chimped" everything I took, as it was a novelty. Then I took my Nikon F back out to shoot. First exposure, I looked at the back of the camera, out of a recently developed habit. I can't imagine how stupid that must have looked. I broke the habit immediately. To this day I still don't look at the back except to make adjustments.
--Bob
Now a funny story. When I got my first digital, I resigned myself to using that exclusively in order to learn the camera as best I could. I "chimped" everything I took, as it was a novelty. Then I took my Nikon F back out to shoot. First exposure, I looked at the back of the camera, out of a recently developed habit. I can't imagine how stupid that must have looked. I broke the habit immediately. To this day I still don't look at the back except to make adjustments.
--Bob
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Oct 25, 2019 08:01:58 #
MrBob wrote:
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There, there, chimping is ok...😀😀😀
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