Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I guess I'm relatively bokeh-tolerant. As long as it isn't distracting or idiosyncratic, I'm happy with it. I have read posts from people who sold their 50/1.5 Nokton because they couldn't stand the bokeh. I've seen some bokeh that looks like solarization (remember when that was chic in about 1975?) and some that looks like out of focus crap under a microscope. That I don't like. But it is something that do think about when looking for a lens. I think that Ken Rockwell's shot of bad bokeh pretty well summarizes it in one photo. http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/bokeh.htm Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Rei Shinozuka Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 7:06 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] What's the Best All-Around 50? i think i would phrase it "BAD bokeh is like pornography," both in the sense that it is obscene, and that "bad bokeh" is far more easily recognizable than "good bokeh" in the justice stewart sense. -rei On May11 17:02, Jeffery Smith wrote: > Good bokeh is like pornography. I know it when I see it. Now, if you > think bokeh is fiction, then I have a nice 500mm Russian MTO mirror lens you might want to buy. :-) > -- > Jeffery > > ---- Marc James Small <msmall@aya.yale.edu> wrote: > > At 08:34 PM 5/11/06 +0100, Colin J wrote: > > > > >2) Bokeh > > > > With all respect, "bokeh" is a matter held in little regard by many > > of us on the List. To some, such as yourself, as it would appear, > > it is of import, but to many of us, it would not reach the radar > > screen as we see it as a fiction. It cannot be qauantified and > > therefore is not an issue. > > > > > > msmall@aya.yale.edu > > Cha robh b??s fir gun ghr??s fir! -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information