Ah! You know, I've never head that term, but it makes sense that such
a term would be developed.
I actually turned off the automatic preview on the E-1, because I find
it distracting. Now I only check the shot if I think the exposure
might not have been right.
And even then, I only look at the histogram or use the preview mode
where the out-of-range areas are flashing. I find that judging
exposure by just eyeballing the plain image is basically impossible
(for me).
When I first starting observing this chimping behavior, it occurred to
me (somewhat jokingly) that a budget digital camera might not even
bother having a memory card, because the primary enjoyment of the
image occurs during the preview!
Robert Swier
Toronto
On 3/8/06, Walt Wayman <hiwayman@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> See:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimping
>
> Although, all modesty aside, I think my TOPE 22 shot is more better:
>
> http://www.tope.nl/tope_show_entry.php?event=22&pic=23
>
> Walt
>
> --
> "Anything more than 500 yards from
> the car just isn't photogenic." --
> Edward Weston
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Robert Swier" <robert.swier@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > chimp?
> >
> >
> > On 3/8/06, ScottGee1 <scottgee1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Yeah, but be honest . . . you *did* try to chimp at least a couple times,
> > right?
> > >
> > > ;o)
> > >
> > > ScottGee1
> > >
> > >
> > > On 3/8/06, Robert Swier <robert.swier@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > SNIP!
> > > > [Related note: I shot a roll of film yesterday for the first time in
> > > > months. OM4t with the 50/3.5 macro. The E-1 stayed home. It was
> > > > actually the first time I'd ever used the lens. What a joy! I work so
> > > > much slower and more deliberately with film. And I don't even miss
> > > > the histogram!]
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