What is "chimping"?

[Alan Marks]

I saw a reference to "chimping" in regards to [sports] photography and how a
digital camera with an LCD screen can make it easier, probably for instant
review. My guess is it refers to holding your camera over your head and
shooting blind during those mob scene celebrations after games. Probably
like how if you put enough chimps in a room with typewriters they will
eventually write War and Peace, and if you do enough blind shots you'll get
one. Anyone familiar with what "chimping" is?

[Jsn234]

<< Subject: What is "chimping"?
From: "Alan Marks" res...@the.group
Date: Sat, Dec 9, 2000 6:51 PM
Message-id: <VkBY5.3193$d62.2...@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>

A derogatory term used by man to explain his mimickry of superior (Zeiss
Optics) apes. Its use was forbidden when several thousand years ago, our law
giver, Ken Starr, forbade its use in our sacred scrolls (The Star report).

It can also mean PJ's who drag their (k)nuckles and their cameras on the ground
in search of ever better photographs and burritos

Signed Dr. Cornelius,

Planet of the Apes

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[Mark Morgan]

Never trust an ape over thirty...

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[Jack Kurtz]

"Chimping" is the term that has evolved when photographers using digital
SLRs (EOS D2000, Nikon D1, EOS D30 et al) check the image on the back LCD
screen of the camera.

jack

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[ajacobs2]

I thought the word "chimping" referred to the fact that now we have
ascertained through Dr. Jane Goodall that the Chimpanzee has quite a bit
of intelligence, shares many emotions with humans, is omniverous, can
use tools and formulate attacks and group conducted warfare. Whats
"chimping"? humans immitating apes....

[Jsn234]

<< Subject: Re: What is "chimping"? ("Don't Ask/Don't Tell/Human See Human Do")
From: "Mark Morgan" mmor...@san.rr.com
Date: Sun, Dec 10, 2000 3:21 PM
Message-id: <SlTY5.7731$c32.1...@typhoon.san.rr.com>

Never trust an ape over thirty... >>

I'd kiss your camera, but its so damned ugly ;-)

[nppa...@my-deja.com]

Chimping refers to the noise that digiphotogs
make when viewing images on the backof their
digicameras....uuuuh uuuuh uuuh uuuh

Kinda like the sound track to Planet of the Apes!

dh

In article <jackkurtz-
ya02318000101...@netnews.worldnet.att.ne
t>,

jack...@worldnet.att.net (Jack Kurtz) wrote:
> "Chimping" is the term that has evolved when
photographers using digital
> SLRs (EOS D2000, Nikon D1, EOS D30 et al)
check the image on the back LCD
> screen of the camera.
>
> jack
>
>

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