> > From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In a message dated 5/2/2007 8:58:38 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Just curious, > > Anyone knows where the term "chimping" (as in checking the lcd of your > camera) comes from? or who was the first to coin that term? Is it > related to our fellow primates? > > =============== > According to wikipedia... > > "The term 'chimping' was created by Robert Deutsch, a USA Today staff > photographer, in September of 1999 when writing a story for the > SportsShooter email > newsletter." > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimping > > Wikipedia comes in handy (when it's right). > > Marnie aka Doe :-) I was told it was from groups of people all standing around the the tiny little screen on the back of the camera going "Ooh! ooh! ooh! ...".
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