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Subject: Re: [OM] ...blades & bokeh.....
From: John Hudson <jahudson@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 07:14:50 -0700
At 09:34 PM 24-08-99 -0500, you wrote:

>At 02:41 PM 8/24/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>>I am sure I will expose my inexperience with this question, but what is
>>"bokeh" ?
>>
>>Regards,
>>catmaster
>
>Japanese word meaning "blur."  Some fast lenses are valued for the
>characteristics of the portions of the photographs made with them which are
>out of focus. In the attempt to understand causes of "good bokeh" the
>number of aperture blades is sometimes reckoned to be significant.  I used
>to think bokeh attribution was an indirect way of saying your lens was
>really sharp, but apparently some of the Leica lenses from several decades
>ago which were particularly valued for bokeh by the Japanese were not
>necessarily all that sharp.

Follow this URL, 

http://fox.nstn.ca/~hmmerk/HMArtls.html

scroll to the bottom of the screen and look for this file:

ATVB.pdf 

under the "From Photo Techniques magazine:" sub-heading.

It contains and excellent technical expose of bokeh.


John Hudson
Vancouver, BC, Canada


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