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Old 30-05-06, 17:21
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Originally Posted by postcardcv
Indeed they do... I think that in some areas it's more useful to chimp than in others. Most of my photography is of birds, often you just get one chance to get 'the shot' so there's not much point in chimping as I can't re-take with a different exposure comp...

I have also found out in the past that a shot that looks good on the camera's screen could well be not much crack when I get it on the computer. So I try not to chimp as it can give me false hope/expectations of a shot.
Chimping will give an idea for the order of compensation required and chimping for a histogram will suggest how the exposure turned out despite how an image is displayed on screen.
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