Re: Bokeh:a mythical construct

["Dan Post" <dwpost@email.msn.com>]

Okay guys, I actually did a YAHOO search on bokeh; found twelve hits, the
second one states that the word is a transliteration of a Japanese word for
"desirable blur"- and a mention of Nikon's DC ( Defocusing Control) lenses.
Apparently Leitz lenses have bokeh if the out of focus areas of the image
have desirable contrast, lack of flare, and good color rendition. Works for
me.
Dan
- -----Original Message-----
From: Erwin Puts <imxputs@knoware.nl>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Tuesday, 18 November, 1997 9:33 AM
Subject: Bokeh:a mythical construct

>'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.
>In fact is a marvelous piece of self-suggestion, of the kind David
>Copperfield should be proud of. It is a well known fact that vision can be
>influenced by what you think or like to percieve. 'Bokeh' falls in this
>catagory: it has no sound scientific, not even factual basis. It is
>'believer-stuff'. Like Ronald Reagans SDI project: it is easy to talk
>about, we all seem to agree, no one has ever seen it and in never actually
>existed.
>Leica lore has always had its fair share of myths and mystique.
>We do the rational discussion about Leica lenses no favour by introducing
>constructs like 'bokeh'. It should be removed from the Leica users
>vocabulary.
>I am aware that I belong to the smallest possible group of anti-bokeh
>promoters (just me). Still the bokeh discussion clouds the appraisal of
>Leica lenses and that is tha last thing I would like to support.
>Erwin
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