Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sent from my iPhone Steve Barbour On Nov 28, 2012, at 2:29 PM, "Bill Pearce" <billcpearce at cox.net> wrote: I'm with Dr. Ted. I've been shooting since the late sixties, mostly professionally, and never thought about that. I could see examples before I knew what it was where really bad Bokeh was disturbing, but that wasn't very often and I didn't loose sleep. I have been told that Nikon has a big problem with Bokeh, and I sure shot a lot of stuff for pay with those bad nikkors, and heard no complaints. Well put, people seem to be more aware now, what with the name and all. There are even camera/lens ads for the latest greatest "with wonderful bokeh". (my iphone just tried to correct bokeh with "Bolshevik".) s -----Original Message----- From: tedgrant at shaw.ca Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 1:37 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Fuji X 100 versus Leica M9 "BOKEH?" Every time this word / effect raises it's head on the LUG I never even knew the word nor what it meant for at least the first 50 years of shooting. :-) Then I joined the LUG and one day it raised it's ugly little head and of course went on for days, good, bad and ugly! :-) Meanwhile I'm wondering "what the hell are these guys talking about?" Then I was informed it was all about the background out of focus effect! And where had I been for my first 50 years not knowing this? Well heck my answer was quite simple. :-) I always shot for the maximum impact of the subject as that was always what I thought was most important. Surprise! One day I was told .... "No the Bokeh is just as important as it helps the subject look better!" Me? "Really?" So what the hell have I been doing wrong and successfully for 50 years and never knew the word existed? The effect? "Yes." But it just never mattered! Oh well the usual thing. Different effects for different folks. :-) Although I now admit I am aware of it in how it separates details in some situations. BUT? Do I pay attention to it as I'm shooting? Never enters my mind! Only on days like this when once a again the "ugly" ;-) little word appears on my screen and I sigh and delete! ;-) "Have a nice Bokeh day lads!" :-) cheers, Dr. ted :-) _______________________________________________ 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