Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi, in British English the word 'nukeh' (pron. nooky) is widely used in low-brow television programs of the unfunny comedy, or untroubling quiz-show type. It denotes the sexual act in a comforting, Eric Gill seaside postcard, 'Carry On...' film sort of way. Trying to squeeze a laugh out of the word generally indicates a poorly developed sense of humour. I believe NOOKY is also the name of an obscure Leica accessory of some sort, probably so-named by a disaffected English employee. Although my girlfriend insists that actually size doesn't matter, I have the rather troubling suspicion that only really, really long lenses are capable of giving good nukeh. Cheers, Bob >From: Mikiro <arbos@silva.net> > >on 25/8/00 6:27 AM, apbbeijing@yahoo.com at apbbeijing@yahoo.com wrote: > > > nokeh refers to the non-existent image elements beyond the in and out of > > focus concepts which have traditionally been the objects of attention > > > > bokeh refers to the out of focus part of the image, nokeh to that which >is > > beyond out of focus. > > > > nokeh is critical to top quality conceptual art photography but is >rarely > > detected by those who cannot tell the difference between Elmars and > > Elmarits: these are known as 'nobojin' which roughly translated means >those > > 'people beyond focus'. > > > > I hope you find this explanation without purpose, > >Thank you for providing a provocative definition of "nokeh", which is >non-existent in Japanese. One sometimes uses a word "nukeh" which >literally >means penetrance. "This image (or a lens) has good nukeh." It means that >the image is clear without any veiling stuff. > >Bokeh or nukeh or whatever is just a common word used in daily >conversation. >There is no connotation or implication for the secret of photography. > >MIKIRO >http://arbos.silva.net > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com