Re: [Leica] Bokeh Nokeh

["Bob Walkden" <bobwalkden@hotmail.com>]

Hello,

I wonder who holds the world record for being most wrong in a single post?

>the Orient. Do you seriously think the great Leica, Hassleblad, Nikon
>photographers who created so many of the well known masterpieces ever
>gave a crap about bokeh nokeh etc.? I can't imagine the legendary Henri
>Cartier-Bresson even giving a thought to it.

"The slow speed of colour film reduces the depth of focus in the field of 
vision in relatively close shots; and this cramping often makes for dull 
composition. On top of that, blurred backgrounds in color photographs are 
distinctly displeasing".

- - Henri Cartier-Bresson "The Decisive Moment". Simon & Schuster, 1952.

Cheers,

Bob


>From: khmiska <khmiska@umich.edu>
>
>Fellow Leicaists,
>Why all this BS about bokeh nokeh. Why not speak English. We're not in
>the Orient. Do you seriously think the great Leica, Hassleblad, Nikon
>photographers who created so many of the well known masterpieces ever
>gave a crap about bokeh nokeh etc.? I can't imagine the legendary Henri
>Cartier-Bresson even giving a thought to it. Forget all this little
>detail s*** and use the camera for what it's intended for - taking
>photographs. I read somewhere that the great Eisenstadt did a little
>lens testing; found what he liked, and then used it. The KISS principle
>applies here - keep it simple, stupid. So, if you want to drum me out of
>the corps, no problemo.
>Kurt
>Ann Arbor
>

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