Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 21-Jun-98 Joseph Codispoti wrote: >=20 >>From Charles Dunlap: >=20 >>Bokeh is like smell. Something that smells strongly can smell good or b= ad. >>Something with "Lots of Bokeh" is not neccessarily pleasing. I had a Ni= kon >>lens with lots of Bokeh, and I stopped shooting with it. >> >>-Charlie >=20 >=20 > Charles, > Are you saying then that when a Lug member enthusiastically announces "= lots > of Bokeh" regarding a lens for sale - or in describing how a lens perfo= rms - > he/she is using the term improperly ? Or is he/she saying that there is > Bokeh but it may or may not be acceptable? >=20 > Don=92t all lenses have the same degree of out of focus effect at a giv= en > opening but that effect varies in quality with the lens design, thus Bo= keh? >=20 > Finally, if Bokeh is the "quality" or "pleasant quality" of out of focu= s > areas in a photograph, would not "lots of Bokeh" mean "lots of pleasing= out > of focus rendition"? >=20 > Just asking of course. > Joseph Codispoti The problem is the Bokeh is subjective. What I find to be a pleasant qua= lity many not be what you like, maybe i like the bokeh on the af 50 1.4 nikkor (doubtfull, althought I've never seen photos by this lens) that was menti= oned in an early post. - --=20 Michael Garmisa <elmar@webreach.com> =20 21-Jun-98 21:52:35