Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From Charles Dunlap: >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 Charles, Are you saying then that when a Lug member enthusiastically announces "lots of Bokeh" regarding a lens for sale - or in describing how a lens performs - he/she is using the term improperly ? Or is he/she saying that there is Bokeh but it may or may not be acceptable? Don’t all lenses have the same degree of out of focus effect at a given opening but that effect varies in quality with the lens design, thus Bokeh? Finally, if Bokeh is the "quality" or "pleasant quality" of out of focus areas in a photograph, would not "lots of Bokeh" mean "lots of pleasing out of focus rendition"? Just asking of course. Joseph Codispoti