Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Bokeh
From: Charles Dunlap <cdunlap@es.UCSC.EDU>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 15:11:37 -0800
 
>Hello Ron,
>
>Bokeh is the quality of the image rendered by a lens in the out of focus
>areas.  "Lots of Bokeh": Pleasing out of focus rendition.
>Of course all lenses render Bokeh, Leica lenses of considered by this group
>to give superior Bokeh.
>
>JC

Bokeh is like smell. Something that smells strongly can smell good or bad.
Something with "Lots of Bokeh" is not neccessarily pleasing. I had a Nikon
lens with lots of Bokeh, and I stopped shooting with it.

- -Charlie