Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/26

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Bokeh Nokeh
From: John Brownlow <john@pinkheadedbug.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 14:23:23 -0400

I thought it was me until now.

on 26/8/00 1:57 pm, Bob Walkden at bobwalkden@hotmail.com wrote:

> I wonder who holds the world record for being most wrong in a single post?
> 
>> the Orient. Do you seriously think the great Leica, Hassleblad, Nikon
>> photographers who created so many of the well known masterpieces ever
>> gave a crap about bokeh nokeh etc.? I can't imagine the legendary Henri
>> Cartier-Bresson even giving a thought to it.
> 
> "The slow speed of colour film reduces the depth of focus in the field of
> vision in relatively close shots; and this cramping often makes for dull
> composition. On top of that, blurred backgrounds in color photographs are
> distinctly displeasing".

- -- 
Johnny Deadman

http://www.pinkheadedbug.com

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