Who turns off image review to prevent chimping?

brianch wrote in post #7056182
voted for the last one, googled it. i thought that was the whole point of digital ...

I did and thought exactly the same.
Since I'm still newbie I still check the LCD mainly for the histogram on first few shot to make sure I get the proper exposure and everytime I move to different spot/lighting. even on the fast action sport I still do it, I prefer losing 1 or 2 shoot rather than making mistake on all shoots. I think that is the advantage of digital compare to film

Take photo, put on glasses, check histgm, too small too see on 400d, take glasses off, put 'em somewhere safe, pick up cam, take next shot, put cam down, put glasses back on...............

I chimp selectively. If it's fast action and I'm trying to get a shot I don't look. When the shoot has a break or I'm done I chimp to remove the stuff that's clearly crap.

If it's a shot I'm setting up and have time to re-set and move stuff then I chimp as I go till I'm happy.

I don't have the screen turned off but don't have the urge to chimp every time I press the shutter.

I peek usually to just make sure I'm not crushing either end of the histogram...

I totally chimp. I feel it's a good way for me to learn. It's a major benefit of digital photography. I haven't shot anything yet where I could easily lose any shots by chimping. I have mostly just gone out on my own for fun. The one shoot I had, I had a set up for jewelry, so I was able to take a close look at every shot. It would be silly, I think, to not use such an amazing feature. I guess if you are trying to capture a moment it would make since to use; you just shoot the hell out of the scene, and when you get a break you then chimp it to the max.

Hi, I'm new here!

Did I miss any shots while chimping? I don't know! I was too busy chimping to notice!

Actually, someone mentioned earlier is something I do as well: If I'm not sure of the exposure I'll shoot a couple and check the review, then shoot with aplomb. I'm not an action photog, so it's unlikely I'll miss a landscape if I chimp a few.

I'm leaning toward turning it off all together now that I've got my 1DsMkII and am really starting to trust the focus system it has. Besides, it saves battery power and if I really need to look, I can just push the Display button to see the last shot if I really want to chimp and usually now, I don't.

Cheers!

I haven't had my DSLR long enough not to chimp. Guess I don't entirely trust it just yet. I can't tell you how many great images I lost back in my film days because I didn't catch a mistake I'd made until after I had the film developed. Boy do I ever like being able to check exposure and composition on the fly.

One thing I've never used, even though my camera has it, is Live View.

Best,

Michael

I guess I'm in a twilight zone -- I've never turned my review off, I check the histogram once in a while, I chimp once in a while...but if I turned the review off I probably wouldn't miss it much since I'm used to hitting the Play button to check a shot...I'm probably really confused...

I do notice, though, that the review thing is really annoying when you are doing night-time shooting and making on-the-fly adjustments using your viewfinder -- have to make those shutter half-presses to find out what is what...perhaps I just need to bite the bullet and turn off instant review, but maybe I'm too lazy...is there a forum section for photog phychological advice?

Me chimping ?! Never. I put a piece of black paper over LCD and taped it with electrical tape to keep me from urge to chimp !
I really admire posters in this forum who say they never chimp ! True professionals ! And we mortals still have to look at that LCD to check if the subject did not blink, or to check the histogramm, or we want to make sure we did not forget to return ISO from 3200 that we just used in a dark room or to see if the subject did not move, or to check if the focus was correct, or ... thousands more reasons.
I know though that trigger happy shooters do not chimp, they do not have the time. And onc poster in this forum was very right ! If you do not chimp during photoshoot you will have to chimp during PP.

I chimp but moderately I would say after a session has past I take photos of an event then review all the pictures then go back to take pictures.

dang 23% of people dont know what chimping is? hahaha nice... its all good

It clearly depends on the circumstances, but the ability to check the shot immediately is one of the great advantages of digital IMHO. Pictures of people are a good example, as it allows you to check if you've caught a strange expression, or someone has blinked at the wrong moment. Checking exposure in particularly awkward situations is another. I think it's obvious that you don't do it if you may need to shoot quickly, but that's hardly a reason to avoid it altogether.

I wonder how many people are put off doing it just because it's been given a derogatory name?

I have mine turned off. I only review when I'm not sure I got the shot down correctly check exposure etc.

I chimp constantly

Once I get the shot I need--time to move on