Sorry, yes it's from the old marketing category "point and shoot" cameras. I love all the snarky photography lingo. "Chimping" is a good one. It's rather the op

Sorry, yes it's from the old marketing category "point and shoot" cameras. I love all the snarky photography lingo. "Chimping" is a good one. It's rather the opposite of point and hope where digital photographers stop between shots to stare at the LCD and see how it came out. I'm not sure, but I think the term comes from the way these photographers look from a distance, crouched over the tripod, hands shading the screen.