Had the Bard of Stratford-upon-Avon been writing about a renowned photographer rather than a prince, the famous soliloquy might have started, “To chimp or not to chimp, that is the question.”Regardless of what the Bard might have written, that's a question I'm often asked.
In the early days of digital photography, as it began to supplant film photography for professionals and amateur enthusiasts, many photographers discovered a feature of digital cameras never possible with film cameras. It's the ability to review images immediately after making them on the small image display monitor on the back of digital cameras.
At that time, more than a few photographers seemed to constantly review their images on their camera's monitor screen. The practice became known as “chimping.”
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