Chimping is done by virtually everyone who uses digital; if you go to a professional tennis or golf match, you'll see the pros constantly chimping, although they've now been made so sensitive to it, they usually don't make the chimp sounds any more ("OO ooo, ah ah, oo oo.") A histogram will tell you instantly where your exposure was; and, in addition, most cameras have an over-exposure function, which flashes washed-out highlights, and that's also pretty useful, especially around water; it'll also tell you whether you over-exposed a slice of face, or how washed out the background sky will be. One of the reasons I am so interested in the M8 is because I can get rangefinder action with some of the conveniences of my D2x. I don't really give a **** if I look or sound like a chimp, or if I'm judged to be less than pure, if the photo's exposure is right on.
One of the things that's going to happen here, where most people are film users, is that new M8 users are going to be convinced that their camera is busted or out of adjustment, because they won't be used to digital. For example, there is a general feeling with a camera like the D2x that you cannot hand-hold at shutter speeds as slow as you can, say with an F5. Something to do with the size of the pixels vs. grain on film; I don't quite understand it, but have experienced the problem. I think. There's an interesting learning curve coming for some people, and it's going to be frustrating. My personal biggest hope (and concern) right now is that Adobe adapt Lightroom for the Leica shots as quickly as possible. ..
JC
