Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/27

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Bokeh controversy
From: Martin Howard <howard.390@osu.edu>
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 17:48:12 -0500

Ted jotted down the following:

> Simply because if the front part is cracker jack sharp it's going to pop off
> the screen or page and who cares what the background looks like.

Yeah, but what if a smooth background enhances the appearance of focal plane
sharpness?  Or 'three-dimensionaltiy'?  All of a sudden it becomes quite
interesting, n'est pas?

M.

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