Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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. > >-- >Martin V. Howard, Application Systems Laboratory, | >Dept. of Comp. & Info. Sci., Linkoping University, | Just "DOHH" it! >SE-581 83 Linkoping, Sweden. Tel +46 13 282 421, +----------------+ >Fax +46 13 142 231; marho@ida.liu.se; www.ida.liu.se/~marho