Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim Brick wrote: > > At 01:57 PM 11/18/97 +0100, you wrote: > >'Bokeh' to state it quite clearly does not exist. The concept is supposed > >to elucidate the out-of-focus characteristics of certain lenses, some of > >them made by Leitz and Leica. > > > >... > > > >Erwin > > > > Erwin, you sure pull a lot in when you attempt to make a point. The word > Bokeh, to most of us, simply means "what's going on in the out of focus > part of the image". No scientific definition. Just a WORD. We now have this > word to REFERENCE a phenomenon that we didn't have a word for before. I > think it is as simple as that. At least it is to me. > > good Bokeh - I like the way the out of focus stuff looks. > > bad Bokeh - I don't like the way the out of focus stuff looks. > > The word Bokeh replaces a whole sentence. > > JimI thought the Bokeh was a brand of coffee that A&P sells.