Stacy Craig wrote: Not to be the odd one here, but who came up with this term "Chimping"? Seems like a odd sounding word for checking your settings. Ummmm thats just me.
Well I know it was started in the late 90 among sports pros. I have heard though that it actually started out as an acronym for the term CHeckIMagePreview hence CHIMP, then it became a word with tenses soon after. Some people love to use it in a derogatory manner, usually people who love to sound superior. Even Pros chimp to see if they are setup right, that is the great thing about chimping, is that now you do not have to carry around a meter anymore.
Joves wrote: The only time I really chimp it is when I am adjusting my flash, or for it. When I get a new camera I always turn off the auto review it always annoyed me anyhow when I would see it come up after a shot. That and it eats up power.
Yeh I turn of auto review too. I started doing it with the Fuji X-Pro1 because the instant review thingy would make it harder to get another shot off quickly (you couldn't quickly override it with a push of the shutter button).
It makes you less Chimpy too.
I think reviewing occasionally is a good idea though, you don't want to be shooting away and realise later you've taken 100 overexposed images because you forgot to bring your ISO down from 12800 from shooting indoors the night before.
100% Checking when the light or subject changes is a good idea, not only for ISO but also exposure compensation. Been there - done that.
Stacy Craig wrote: Not to be the odd one here, but who came up with this term "Chimping"? Seems like a odd sounding word for checking your settings. Ummmm thats just me.
Well I know it was started in the late 90 among sports pros. I have heard though that it actually started out as an acronym for the term CHeckIMagePreview hence CHIMP, then it became a word with tenses soon after. Some people love to use it in a derogatory manner, usually people who love to sound superior. Even Pros chimp to see if they are setup right, that is the great thing about chimping, is that now you do not have to carry around a meter anymore.
Chimping refers to the act of looking at the image on the back of the screen and being so impressed you make sounds like a Chimp: "Ohh ohh ahhh ahh" etc.
I'll be the first to say, that I'm constantly looking at my histogram to insure my settings are correct in the camera. I would rather adjust in camera than in post processing any day of the week. That's just me, I don't care for post processing at all.
It came from the sounds people made while looking at the image. Oooo, ahhh, ummm, etc. It sounded like a chimp chattering, and the photographer was mimicking a chimp so it became known as chimping to look at the screen shot.
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Checking when the light or subject changes is a good idea, not only for ISO but also exposure compensation. Been there - done that. 
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