Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Guy, Naw I don't get wound up over it, if I really got wound up, I'd be banned to Ellis island for life or maybe Alcatraz! ;-) ted Ted Grant Photography Limited www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Guy Bennett" <gbennett@lainet.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 11:32 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Bokeh link bull! > >Hell Ray, > >I never knew what the hell this bokeh thing was before it raised it's ugly > >wording on the LUG. > > > >However, I was very aware of the out of focus area of any photograph at > >varying apertures and distances where it appeared as an advantage in the > >picture. Also of the effects on a dozen or so Leica lenses, long before it > >ever was a word on the screen! > > > >It's just one of those mental things luggites get their butts all wrapped in > >knots over, eventually wasting an incredible amount of time pounding the > >keys in flabbergab instead of being out there taking pictures. > > > >It's certainly not the big deal that many have made it out to be over the > >past 2 years. > >ted > > > This is one of the great things about the LUG - the tenacious > ISAIDYOUSAIDITISITISNTOVERANDOVER kind of thing. You can always count on > certain opinions from certain folks, and that's great! > > I am a believer in bokeh, but I absolutely *love* reading Ted's anti-bokeh > posts - it's just wonderful that folks can get so wound up over such an > issue. > > Carry on, boys! > > Guy