Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I had a Bokeh moment of sorts today. As I was waiting for a car part, I took the time out to clean the viewing lens of a Rollei. I inadvertently turned the center element around in the process of reassembly. When I looked through the finder, I realized my mistake. The image quality from the diffusion was enough to pique my interest. I'm tempted to get a lowly Summitar and experiment with turning around an element at a time to see what I get. Slobodan Dimitrov Ray Moth wrote: > > Ted Grant wrote: > > So before any of you who've just learned this bohek word and effect for > > the first time don't sweat it, forget it, go take your pictures with > the > innocents of yesterday, have fun without the bokeh dilemma! :-) :-) > > It don't mean nuthin' anyway! ;-) > > ======================================================================= > > Ted, > > I agree that the concept of bokeh can be overemphasized and that, in > many cases, it's of no consequence. Two things I'd like to say, > however: > > 1. The importance of bokeh depends a lot on one's type of photography. > For example, both wildlife and portrait photography can be enhanced by > good bokeh or can be marred by the lack thereof. > > 2. Most high quality lenses (especially Leica) render good bokeh so > it's usually a non-issue. However, there are still some "dogs" out > there and, if you see a picture with significant out-of-focus areas > taken using a lens with ugly bokeh, it's not a pretty sight! > > Just MHO. > > Regards, > > ===== > Ray > > "The trouble with resisting temptation is > you never know when you'll get another chance!" > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/