Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 8/28/00 12:27:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time, apbbeijing@yahoo.com writes: << I tend to believe the bokeh issue is on the pseudo-technical side rather than the 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder' but to each their own: it seems that this is an aspect of a lens that one can find if looking for it but has little real impact to the average viewer. >> Based on the kind of work which would appear to be of importance to you, your approach is quite logical. Your average viewer, however, is most likely not the average viewer of fine art photography. You are in fact addressing larger concerns and arguments which have been endemic to photography since its inception. In this context, your use of the term "pseudo-technical" indicates a clear bias against recognizing the legitimacy of any phenomenon which cannot be measured and duplicated in a laboratory. As you assert, you are entitled to your opinion. No one, however, legitimately may deny the existence of phenomena which are clearly evident to and of importance to another. Next, you'll be telling us that all single-malt scotches or all red wines taste alike because there are no laboratory results documenting, analyzing and mathematically quantifying the purported differences and their precise causes. Hey, just because one is a beer drinker... Joe Sobel