Fuji X-E2 with XF18-55mm lens. 1/2400th sec F/8.0 @ ISO 1600. Shot jpeg, edited in CS5 & Photoscape We’ve all done it before. We take a picture, we chimp the image, we’re not happy with the image, and we hastily delete it. It’s a waste of time, waste of frustration, and perhaps you could have deleted the best image you’ve ever taken. This is why many photographers recommend we avoid chimping (take a quick peak at the back screen right after we take the picture) while shooting with our digital cameras. It’s a nasty habit. Deleting an image in the field is also a bad habit. Keep it and look at it again at home where we can learn from our mistakes…unless the mistake turns out to be a great shot! I’ve gotta come clean here, I was chimping this series of images as I was just setting up and shooting directly into the sun. I wanted to make sure I had the right shutter speed-aperture-ISO combination, and I used this guy standing as a quick check for depth of field and exposure (F/8 and
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