Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> From: Ron K. Miller > > I'm sure many newcomers have asked this before, but since i've joined I > have seen postings mentioning "bokeh" but no explanation as to what it > is. I am curious... is this some kind of lens characteristic? And what > does it mean in terms of picture quality? Thanks in advance to anyone > who can enlighten me... > ==================================0 Ron, "bokeh" is that part of a photograph that is out of focus. As nothing much can be identified in that part of the picture it became necessary to invent a name for it to pretend it was deliberate technique and therefore a good thing. Simply calling it "out of focus" is, however, a more accurate description. The reason you have never heard the word "bokeh" before is because you have just arrived from the real world. Welcome to the virtual world. The land of LUG where I was King for a day. :-) ::::::::::::-----------))))))))))) Alan Hull