Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Pronunciation of "bokeh"
From: "Joe Stephenson" <joeleica@email.msn.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 17:20:23 -0700

I think I cna pronounce 'blkeh', but what in the workd soes it mean? Can
anyone define the word in optical, physcial, or other measurable terms? I
know that it applies to the apperance of the out of focus areas in a photo,
but what makes one lens have better bokeh than another lens?
Gratrful for an explanation,
Joe Stephenson
- -----Original Message-----
From: Martin V. Howard <marho@ida.liu.se>
To: Leica User Group <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Monday, October 05, 1998 6:40 AM
Subject: [Leica] Pronunciation of "bokeh"

>How do you pronounce "bokeh"?  The explanation "bo-keh" is not
>sufficient.  Does it rhyme with "okay"?  Does it rhyme with "key"?
>
>Please provide a word in english with which "bokeh" rhymes, so that I
>can learn this once and for  all.
>
>Thanks,
>
>M.
>
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