Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Rei Shinozuka wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 08:38:27AM -0600, John Collier wrote: > > > I agree with BD that at times the Nocti 's wide open bokeh can be > > nauseating but it is not that way all the time. I have to do more > > testing but I think it mostly happens when busy "chunky" backgrounds > > are too close to the plain of focus. F/1.2 seems to less susceptible to > > this effect as well. This is all speculation on my part as I need to do > > more testing. > > "nauselux syndrome" happens when the lens is focused to about 6 feet > and there are detailed patterns (such a autumn leaves) just out of > focus, say ouside the 4-8 foot range. i personally find the > characteristic compelling and attempt to induce it when i can. > > i am an emetic photographer. > > -rei > > -- > Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com I checked that! e0met0ic (*-mRt2*k) adj. 1. Causing vomiting. —e0met0ic n. An agent that causes vomiting. [Latin emetica, feminine of emeticus, provoking vomiting, from Greek emetikos, from emetos, vomiting, from emein, to vomit. See wemõ- below.] —e0met2i0cal0ly adv. wemõ-. Important derivatives are: vomit, emetic. wemõ-. To vomit. 1. WAMBLE, from Middle English wam(e)len, to feel nausea, stagger, from a Scandinavian source probably akin to Old Norse vamla, qualm, and Danish vamle, to become sick, from Germanic *wam-. 2. NUX VOMICA, VOMIT, from Latin vomere, to vomit. 3. EMESIS, EMETIC, from Greek emein, to vomit. [Pokorny öem- 1146.] Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabinergroup.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html