Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/09/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]True, we USians tend to be US centric :-/ But of course the Japanese care about for a long time. Otherwise they wouldn't have have the word for it. You are correct Sir! On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>wrote: > Richard, that's a pretty US-centric frame of reference ;-) Those Japanese > and German folks that actually make lenses and cameras do care too. > You managed to include a throw away line implying this is only important > for people that only talk about photography! > Journey AND destination, sir! > > > Cheers, > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > On 24 September 2012 05:03, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> > wrote: > > > UNCLE Ted: > > > > The word boke/bokeh was borrowed by Mike Johnston (who was on this list > > once upon a time, I believe) in the early 1970s from Japanese to describe > > the phenomena, and probably didn't get popular usage until the 2000's > when > > photographers have time to really hone their craft - on the Internet chat > > rooms and forums. > > > > Probably why you didn't hear about it before. > > > > > > -- > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>