Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hell Ray, I never knew what the hell this bokeh thing was before it raised it's ugly wording on the LUG. However, I was very aware of the out of focus area of any photograph at varying apertures and distances where it appeared as an advantage in the picture. Also of the effects on a dozen or so Leica lenses, long before it ever was a word on the screen! It's just one of those mental things luggites get their butts all wrapped in knots over, eventually wasting an incredible amount of time pounding the keys in flabbergab instead of being out there taking pictures. It's certainly not the big deal that many have made it out to be over the past 2 years. ted Ted Grant Photography Limited www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Moth" <ray_moth@yahoo.com> To: "LUG" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 7:21 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Bokeh link > Ted Grant wrote: > Why that page just made me get so exciting I near threw up on the > screen! It's the nicest out of focus pictorial picture I've ever seen > in all my livin' days! And I don't see any bokeh as there doesn't > appear to be any separation from sharpest point out of focus area. > > Did the designer have one or two single malts tooooo many? > > And I do wish I could get all my photographs to look so creamy smooth, > proving once again that this bokeh is a whole bunch of hokehy bokey! > ;-) > ====================================================================== > Ted, > > Try taking portraits at normal distance (say 6 to 8 feet) with a > Macro-Elmarit-R 60mm but using the extension tube. I guarantee you'll > get as much "bokeh" as you could possibly wish for ;-) > > Regards, > > ===== > Ray > > "The trouble with resisting temptation is > you never know when you'll get another chance!" > > __________________________________________________ > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 > a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/