Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Venomous? From moi? Never!;-) On 5/12/06 12:04 PM, "Walt Johnson" <walt@waltjohnson.com> wrote: > 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 >> >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information