Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The is no ugly bokeh, only ugly photographers. If I may add one little observation without risking venomous retorts??? How rare does a photographer have to be to judge out of focus areas on a rangefinder? inquiring minds want to know, right Marc? BTW, oof has a nice ring to it, think we could wed it an appropriate lens characteristic besides bokeh? Some kind of Yankee ingenuity thing. The Gritmaster B. D. Colen wrote: >I still own that lens, and it's served me well - but then I only worry about >bokeh if it's ugly, and I don't feel that lens has ugly bokeh. But it's the >very rare photographer who gives no thought to what the out-of-focus areas >look like with a given lens - though they may not know the term for those >areas. > > >On 5/12/06 2:03 AM, "Nathan Wajsman" <nathan@nathanfoto.com> wrote: > > > >>But it is also held in high regard my many on the list, so it must be an >>individual choice. I sold the 1.5/50mm Nokton after a few months. I >>liked the lens in every respect, except that its bokeh was horrible. >>That prompted me to sell it and go for the real thing, i.e. the Summilux. >> >>Nathan >> >>Marc James Small wrote: >> >> >>>At 08:34 PM 5/11/06 +0100, Colin J wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>2) Bokeh >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>With all respect, "bokeh" is a matter held in little regard by many of us >>>on the List. To some, such as yourself, as it would appear, it is of >>>import, but to many of us, it would not reach the radar screen as we see >>>it >>>as a fiction. It cannot be qauantified and therefore is not an issue. >>> >>> >>>msmall@aya.yale.edu >>>Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Leica Users Group. >>>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >