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Subject: [Leica] What's the Best All-Around 50?
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Fri May 12 09:10:31 2006
References: <C08A1C37.10797%bdcolen@comcast.net> <4464B1F2.1080600@waltjohnson.com>

bokeh in english?
heythatsmoothtonaltransitionintheoutoffocuspartsisreallypoeticallycreamy 
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Op 12-mei-06, om 18:04 heeft Walt Johnson het volgende geschreven:

> 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!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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