Chimp or Not
Oct 25, 2019 13:04:34 #
olemikey wrote:
You can't tell me (as along time film shooter, leg... (show quote)
I was thinking that Ansel would probably have loved to be able to check his shots right after shooting.
Oct 25, 2019 13:05:42 #
There was a time when you had to wait a week or two to get your photos back from the lab. Cost was also key, about a dollar a shot, good or bad.
Today, you can take as many pictures as you want for one low price, and check them out when you get home...or immediately in the field, if that suits you.
When I was in the Galapagos, I checked my pictures on the last night on the boat, and then only because I wanted to share the pictures of our final dinner table with the chef. This is one of the few examples of patience I exhibit.
Today, you can take as many pictures as you want for one low price, and check them out when you get home...or immediately in the field, if that suits you.
When I was in the Galapagos, I checked my pictures on the last night on the boat, and then only because I wanted to share the pictures of our final dinner table with the chef. This is one of the few examples of patience I exhibit.
Oct 25, 2019 13:30:03 #
As I have said in a previous post, I am old enough not to care what others think! I chimp.
Most of my photos are of people, mostly people singing, and I need to make sure their eyes are open and it doesn't look like they are eating the microphone.
Those shots are made in Manual with flash. Backgrounds change dramatically as people move across the stage. Exposure needs to be checked regularly.
Most of my photos are of people, mostly people singing, and I need to make sure their eyes are open and it doesn't look like they are eating the microphone.
Those shots are made in Manual with flash. Backgrounds change dramatically as people move across the stage. Exposure needs to be checked regularly.
Oct 25, 2019 13:45:05 #
jerseymike wrote:
I am getting that impression.
Then there are those who are very knowable.
Then there are those who are very knowable.
Knowledge doesn't necessarily produce common sense. There are many people on this site with impressive knowledge. There are also a fair number who seemingly don't have the common sense necessary to understand that there are multiple ways of doing just about anything.
Oct 25, 2019 13:45:55 #
I chimp just about every shot. I do mainly portraits so I want to check the lighting and I want the sitting to be as good as it can be. If I didn't chimp I would not pick up on any mistakes until I got the card into the PC for review and processing. Maybe I'm not perfect.... but I prefer it. If it is an action photo such as BIF I will shoot as many as I can.... and then view them.
Oct 25, 2019 13:46:35 #
wdross
Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado
CHG_CANON wrote:
This is an online forum populated by excitable seniors who always need something new to worry about ...
Nothing here to get excited about. Point the camera, compose, WYSIWYG, and press the shutter. Actually, kind of boring if one thinks about it. I guess it is a good thing that the subjects we shoot keep us going.
Oct 25, 2019 13:47:20 #
Chimp away.......but hopefully your chimping away looking at the histogram. In an instant you'll know if you've captured things correctly, darks to highlights. Anything else at that moment is superfluous.
Oct 25, 2019 13:50:40 #
wdross
Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado
SuperflyTNT wrote:
I was thinking that Ansel would probably have loved to be able to check his shots right after shooting.
Oct 25, 2019 14:45:24 #
During one of the first years I was a photographer, I was shooting a college basketball game in one of the worst lighted gyms imaginable, alongside a very experienced colleague I had known for years from when I was a writer only. Afterwards, he made it a point to chide me -- the only advice he gave me that day -- to stop looking at my camera because I was going to miss shots. I didn't really press him on this and didn't even realize until later that some people really look down on the practice. I still don't quite understand why so many think it makes you look unprofessional, especially in bad light or changing situations, but yes, many do.
Oct 25, 2019 14:57:36 #
MrBob wrote:
This thought arose after reading a post on a user ... (show quote)
With DSLRs I used to chimp for proper exposure and if I am working a do not chimp except to spot check exposure and to verify I am getting what I think, composition, focus WB etc.
However with Mirrorless, I can see what I am going to get before snapping the shutter so there is no need to chimp.
Oct 25, 2019 15:27:35 #
Review is always turned off, but if using Playback to check the focus and histogram is chimping then I am guilty.
Oct 25, 2019 16:03:51 #
PGHphoto
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
nadelewitz wrote:
Someone want to tell what the term "chimp" means? Where did it come from?
The practice became known as chimping when the picture takers were observed (along with onlookers nearby) looking at shots they had just taken and commenting "Ooo, Ooo - thats a good shot". Its the Ooo's that made people sound like a monkey ...
At least thats the story I was told !
Oct 25, 2019 16:09:41 #
PGHphoto wrote:
The practice became known as chimping when the picture takers were observed (along with onlookers nearby) looking at shots they had just taken and commenting "Ooo, Ooo - thats a good shot". Its the Ooo's that made people sound like a monkey ...
At least thats the story I was told !
At least thats the story I was told !
Yes and the term was intended to convey an excessive amount of reviewing. The term is also used more generally to mean looking at the image right after the shot is taken on a digital camera.
Oct 25, 2019 16:13:17 #
If your a golfer who wants to play well, you need to see how the ball flys and lands. If your a serious shooter, you not only want to know where your shot lands but you have a spotter to tell you where a miss went. If your an archer, a thrower of baseballs, a pilot, a competative boater, a water skier, a snow skier, even racecar drivers are constantly getting feed back....... etc.
Anyone doing anything repetative requiring skill, both in execution and method, needs feedback to mantain and improve the "quality"(? might be a better word than quality) of the "game" during the execution of it.
Seems to me, as high tech as our modern cameras and lenses are, that it would be foolish not to ocassionally, at the very least, take a look.
Can you imagine Tiger Woods, after his tee shot not watching the ball flight, fade, or draw, land bounce and roll? ( "Naa, no need to look, I have uses thia club hunderds of times" đ)
And let the scoffers scoff. The value of the "chimping" will be in the images we continue to improve
Anyone doing anything repetative requiring skill, both in execution and method, needs feedback to mantain and improve the "quality"(? might be a better word than quality) of the "game" during the execution of it.
Seems to me, as high tech as our modern cameras and lenses are, that it would be foolish not to ocassionally, at the very least, take a look.
Can you imagine Tiger Woods, after his tee shot not watching the ball flight, fade, or draw, land bounce and roll? ( "Naa, no need to look, I have uses thia club hunderds of times" đ)
And let the scoffers scoff. The value of the "chimping" will be in the images we continue to improve
Oct 25, 2019 16:20:49 #
Bob, from a fellow Alabamian. I love to âmonkeyâ around (Chimpâ) with my photos. I donât always get it right as I like to the first time. Roll Tide Role!! Go Tigers Go!!
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