Define Chimp please
Dec 29, 2016 09:21:15 #
It's the thinking that separates us from the rest of the apes, and this may be the origin of the term chimping.
The way i've heard it applied is with manual flash photography.
Say trying 1/180th f8 iso 100 1/8th flash power, looking at the result and adjusting from there.
Basically a wild guess to start with and then adjustment to suit.
A non chimp move would be to attempt to calculate the first exposure, thinking. Although the chimp may be adjusted after the first wild shot and moving forward.
Often it is just the easiest option, maybe just a digital thing since it is easy to look at the result and adjust but i have heard of Polaroid's being used on some large format camera's to check a set up, before swopping to a film back.
So do you want to think it through or chimp?
The way i've heard it applied is with manual flash photography.
Say trying 1/180th f8 iso 100 1/8th flash power, looking at the result and adjusting from there.
Basically a wild guess to start with and then adjustment to suit.
A non chimp move would be to attempt to calculate the first exposure, thinking. Although the chimp may be adjusted after the first wild shot and moving forward.
Often it is just the easiest option, maybe just a digital thing since it is easy to look at the result and adjust but i have heard of Polaroid's being used on some large format camera's to check a set up, before swopping to a film back.
So do you want to think it through or chimp?
Dec 29, 2016 09:27:09 #
cyclespeed wrote:
Good day, br I've looked up the meaning on line an... (show quote)
I was always under the impression that it was taking photos like a monkey, holding the camera out and looking at the screen on the back, waving it all over , guess I was wrong, reviewing shots is "chimping" I never knew, Bob.
Dec 29, 2016 10:05:34 #
Jim Bob wrote:
Looks like nobody is heeding your request since it has reached three pages so far. But I haven't looked past the first page. OK. The inquiry has been answered. No need to make this a multi page thread replete with redundancies.
BTW, I never heard the term before and I have been doing this photography thing for a very long time. Long before digital came around.
P.S. Maybe this post will push it to four pages.
. . . . Or not. Still three pages.
Dec 29, 2016 10:22:56 #
Earlier this year I was on a safari in Namibia and was shooting videos of animals with my video camera so handed my DSLR to a friend to get stills. He would shoot, then look at images after taking a few and while doing so he was missing different animal behaviors/positions. Also, my personal opinion and experience is I really won't know till I get home and see images on a bigger screen than a 3" LCD if shots are really good or not. As a result when people try to show me what great shots they got on a 3" screen I sort of humor them. Just me and your experience may differ.
Dec 29, 2016 10:29:49 #
No chimping with the Leica M-D. There is no LCD. Back to basics.
I chimp when shooting speakers at meetings. Some of them blink a lot. Maybe it's just me, but I think it's best to get them with their eyes open.
I chimp when shooting speakers at meetings. Some of them blink a lot. Maybe it's just me, but I think it's best to get them with their eyes open.
Dec 29, 2016 10:57:00 #
Come-on! You guys have not giving the real definition of chimping yet.
Chimping is when the person you are next to takes a picture or some pictures and right afterwards looks at them on the LCD and while doing so usually is very excited like a chimp with some sounds like a chimp but mostly just sounds of joy and they often if not always annoy you by turning the camera back to you to show you what they just shot. Just as they turn the camera to you the LCD goes black too. LOL Never mind the fact that you were taking a picture of the same thing and probably have the exact same picture. It's a derogatory remark when saying that so and so is always chimping. It's not a compliment. I put up with it a few times but after that I put them in their place so I don't have to keep losing my concentration. This happens among the birding community most often.
Chimping is when the person you are next to takes a picture or some pictures and right afterwards looks at them on the LCD and while doing so usually is very excited like a chimp with some sounds like a chimp but mostly just sounds of joy and they often if not always annoy you by turning the camera back to you to show you what they just shot. Just as they turn the camera to you the LCD goes black too. LOL Never mind the fact that you were taking a picture of the same thing and probably have the exact same picture. It's a derogatory remark when saying that so and so is always chimping. It's not a compliment. I put up with it a few times but after that I put them in their place so I don't have to keep losing my concentration. This happens among the birding community most often.
Dec 29, 2016 11:06:46 #
Dec 29, 2016 11:14:52 #
GoofyNewfie wrote:
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Yep!!
Best definition of the word.
Dec 29, 2016 11:18:35 #
Dec 29, 2016 11:27:58 #
ole sarg
Loc: south florida
Everyone below and above is WRONG!
Chimp: A short for chimpanzee which is a large monkey!
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Chimp: A short for chimpanzee which is a large monkey!
HAPPY NEW YEAR
cyclespeed wrote:
Good day, br I've looked up the meaning on line an... (show quote)
Dec 29, 2016 11:32:04 #
ole sarg wrote:
Everyone below and above is WRONG!
Chimp: A short for chimpanzee which is a large monkey!
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Chimp: A short for chimpanzee which is a large monkey!
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Actually, they are apes, not monkeys.
Dec 29, 2016 11:33:54 #
RWR wrote:
It’s been around longer than that, Cap’n, I heard it on my first date! 
A chimp, huh?
Dec 29, 2016 11:35:52 #
Bobspez wrote:
This thread reminds me of past threads about getti... (show quote)
To me chimping is taking time to look at your photos while shooting. Checking that you are on track with exposure, compensation, etc. seems normal. I find the term constructive when used as a awareness reminder, so not to chimp so much that you miss a great shot or maybe the show you came to see.
Dec 29, 2016 11:36:19 #
Leitz wrote:
You're missing the rest of the definition: "when one has no clue what they're doing before making the exposure."
That's always been my interpretation ..... And lets be clear ..... "I chimp often!“ haha
Dec 29, 2016 11:40:16 #
ole sarg wrote:
Everyone below and above is WRONG!
Chimp: A short for chimpanzee which is a large monkey!
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Chimp: A short for chimpanzee which is a large monkey!
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Well - I am not a zoologist - but I believe a Chimp is an Ape rather than a Monkey.
Many amateur photographers "ape" the Pros, (buy Canikons?) and I bet most of them "chimp" when monkeying around with them.
And a sincere HAPPY NEW YEAR 2U2.
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