Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This all reminds me of the Okie-Cokie, which is something else no-one understands. Matt (put your left foot in, left foot out....) Morgan. - ---------- >From: "Bob Walkden" <bobwalkden@hotmail.com> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] Bokeh vs. Nokeh >Date: Fri, Aug 25, 2000, 3:22 am > > Hi, > > in British English the word 'nukeh' (pron. nooky) is widely used in low-brow > television programs of the unfunny comedy, or untroubling quiz-show type. It > denotes the sexual act in a comforting, Eric Gill seaside postcard, 'Carry > On...' film sort of way. Trying to squeeze a laugh out of the word generally > indicates a poorly developed sense of humour. I believe NOOKY is also the > name of an obscure Leica accessory of some sort, probably so-named by a > disaffected English employee. > > Although my girlfriend insists that actually size doesn't matter, I have the > rather troubling suspicion that only really, really long lenses are capable > of giving good nukeh. > > Cheers, > > Bob > > >>From: Mikiro <arbos@silva.net> >> >>on 25/8/00 6:27 AM, apbbeijing@yahoo.com at apbbeijing@yahoo.com wrote: >> >> > nokeh refers to the non-existent image elements beyond the in and out of >> > focus concepts which have traditionally been the objects of attention >> > >> > bokeh refers to the out of focus part of the image, nokeh to that which >>is >> > beyond out of focus. >> > >> > nokeh is critical to top quality conceptual art photography but is >>rarely >> > detected by those who cannot tell the difference between Elmars and >> > Elmarits: these are known as 'nobojin' which roughly translated means >>those >> > 'people beyond focus'. >> > >> > I hope you find this explanation without purpose, >> >>Thank you for providing a provocative definition of "nokeh", which is >>non-existent in Japanese. One sometimes uses a word "nukeh" which >>literally >>means penetrance. "This image (or a lens) has good nukeh." It means that >>the image is clear without any veiling stuff. >> >>Bokeh or nukeh or whatever is just a common word used in daily >>conversation. >>There is no connotation or implication for the secret of photography. >> >>MIKIRO >>http://arbos.silva.net >> > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > >