To all digital camera users: Do you CHIMP? :)

[Red Dawn]

Hi

"Chimping" is a term being used to describe folks using digital cameras who take shot- and look at it on the display, take a shot-and look at it on the display; take a shot- and look at it on the display..... Because that's precisely the way a chimp would use a digital camera....

So, do you CHIMP?

[ckiang]

Nah,
we would write

while ( picture != good ) {
    digicam.shoot();
    digicam.lookatlcd();
}

Regards
CK

[binbeto]

Isn't that what the digital camera has teh edge over conventional film ones?

Is this the same as "Take shot with digital X 5 times, go back up load and del those that dun turn out nice"?

Do while ( count != 5 ) {
count++;
digicam.shoot();
}

digicam.upload();

if (picture != good ) {
picture.del();
Write('I didn't take any picture of ', picture);
}

Pardon my programming.

[Dagger]

Sometimes, especially during the first few test shots a certain locations.

[Bluestrike]

I chimp.. You Chimp...
everyone Chimp chimp!
hehehheee

Anyway, I do chimp every now and then, esp those shoot that I not sure of.

[Darren]

OOk ook Eeek EEKkk aakkk OOk OOk /chomp leaves/ OOk Ekk Eeek /bare fangs/ Eeek Eeekk /scratch a*se/ Oook.

[ShadowSlime]

If you dun chimp, might as well spend the same amount money in getting a better film camera body.

Anyway, agree with Dagger. I normally chimp for the first few shots. Just to make sure the setting are okay...before going into full speed, no chimping.

[ckiang]

This is me chimping on a Nikon F100. Shot by "C Jeng".



You don't need a digital body to do that.

Quote: If you dun chimp, might as well spend the same amount money in getting a better film camera body.

Not really. Chimping sometimes wastes time. Chimping can cause you to miss decisive moments. Using a digital body still has all the digital advantages even if you don't chimp.

Regards
CK

[maddog]

Film user.
while ( picture != good ) {
cam.shoot();
cam.processfilmandpaylotsamoney();
}

i wonder which is worse.

Not using DSLR....

and to overcome the parallax error.... i had to chimp...

[Dagger]

Quote: Originally posted by Darren OOk ook Eeek EEKkk aakkk OOk OOk /chomp leaves/ OOk Ekk Eeek /bare fangs/ Eeek Eeekk /scratch a*se/ Oook.

Looks like someoneis really staying at home resting in some other part of the world. Gong xi fa chai!

OOk ook Eeek EEKkk aakkk OOk OOk ...

[ckiang]

Quote: Originally posted by Dagger Looks like some is really staying at home resting in some other part of the world. Gong xi fa chai! OOk ook Eeek EEKkk aakkk OOk OOk ...

OT: Trying to pm you, but your mailbox full.

Regards
CK

[iceman]

Quote: Originally posted by binbeto Isn't that what the digital camera has teh edge over conventional film ones? Is this the same as "Take shot with digital X 5 times, go back up load and del those that dun turn out nice"? Do while ( count != 5 ) { count++; digicam.shoot(); } digicam.upload(); if (picture != good ) { picture.del(); Write('I didn't take any picture of ', picture); } Pardon my programming.

no error handling for memory full

[djchris]

sub String a40snap()
if a40.setfocus() then
a40.takephoto()
while goodpic = false
if !a40.lookatlcd() then
call a40snap
else
a40snap = true
end if
wend
else
a40snap = true
end if
end sub

I'm actually a recursive function guy lor..for scenaries..abit unlogical...my logic..hehe

[Red Dawn]

Hi

besides being chimps, whimps, all of you

we all know REAL programmers write in assembly, on a REAL Unix based OS lke FreeBSD

section .text
global _start ;must be declared for linker (ld)

msg db "Hello, world!",0xa ;our dear string
len equ $ - msg ;length of our dear string

_syscall:
int 0x80 ;system call
ret

_start: ;tell linker entry point

push dword len ;message length
push dword msg ;message to write
push dword 1 ;file descriptor (stdout)
mov eax,0x4 ;system call number (sys_write)
call _syscall ;call kernel

;actually there's an alternate
;way to call kernel:
; push eax
;call 7:0

add esp,12 ;clean stack (3 arguments * 4)

push dword 0 ;exit code
mov eax,0x1 ;system call number (sys_exit)
call _syscall ;call kernel

;we do not return from sys_exit,
;there's no need to clean stack

[sehsuan]

pardon me if i seem off-topic, but for digicam users, if you're composing the shot on the lcd, then there wouldn't be any chimping, right?

[tsdh]

Quote: Originally posted by Red Dawn we all know REAL programmers write in assembly, on a REAL Unix based OS lke FreeBSD

Beside writing in PURE assembly, real programmers also use PURE MANUAL viewfinder film camera

ButtonA EQU 00a0h
Lcd EQU 00b0h
Good EQU ffh

start:
push buttonA ; Turn on camera
mov b,Lcd ; open LCD
repeat:
call shoot
call chimp
jnz repeat ; repeat if not good
mov Lcd,b ; close LCD
push buttonA ; Turn off camera
reti

shoot:
setb 80h
mov buttonA,b ; press half
push buttonA ; shoot
clr b
ret

chimp:
mov a,Lcd ; see LCD
sub a,Good ; good?
ret

[Red Dawn]

Quote: Originally posted by ShadowSlime [b]If you dun chimp, might as well spend the same amount money in getting a better film camera body.

no chimping refers to the process of ALWAYS referring to the LCD after every shot.

i'm not saying one shouldn't review shots (since as u say that's one of the advantages.)

the term was coined by pple who see digital photographers using the LCD as a means to adjust settings and such without learning the proper rules of exposure or understanding the principles of flash exposure. in other words, taking photos by trial and error (as a chimpanze would do - see the connection now? )

[hong2]

I usually just chimp for the tricky light situation or waiting for sth to happen. Increasingly I will just bracket the shots. Too expensive to do for film and too expensive for a film camera body to have that bracket feature.

[Revo]

erm...theres a post view thingy on my cam....

so considering chimping?