Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/26

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Bokeh Nokeh
From: ray tai <razerx@netvigator.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 10:20:58 +0800
References: <39A7D19E.C3F5667@umich.edu>

As I understand it, quite a few American/English words in the dictionary
have "foreign" origins.

khmiska wrote:

> Fellow Leicaists,
> Why all this BS about bokeh nokeh. Why not speak English. We're not in
> the Orient. Do you seriously think the great Leica, Hassleblad, Nikon
> photographers who created so many of the well known masterpieces ever
> gave a crap about bokeh nokeh etc.? I can't imagine the legendary Henri
> Cartier-Bresson even giving a thought to it. Forget all this little
> detail s*** and use the camera for what it's intended for - taking
> photographs. I read somewhere that the great Eisenstadt did a little
> lens testing; found what he liked, and then used it. The KISS principle
> applies here - keep it simple, stupid. So, if you want to drum me out of
> the corps, no problemo.
> Kurt
> Ann Arbor

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