Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 01:57 PM 11/18/97 +0100, you wrote: >'Bokeh' to state it quite clearly does not exist. The concept is supposed >to elucidate the out-of-focus characteristics of certain lenses, some of >them made by Leitz and Leica. > >... > >Erwin > Erwin, you sure pull a lot in when you attempt to make a point. The word Bokeh, to most of us, simply means "what's going on in the out of focus part of the image". No scientific definition. Just a WORD. We now have this word to REFERENCE a phenomenon that we didn't have a word for before. I think it is as simple as that. At least it is to me. good Bokeh - I like the way the out of focus stuff looks. bad Bokeh - I don't like the way the out of focus stuff looks. The word Bokeh replaces a whole sentence. Jim