For me as a photographer i find bokeh to be a factor to consider when buying or desciding to use a lense, because bad bokeh really bothers me! i also like shooting portraits quite wide open. Nice smooth bokeh can add a whole other element to a portrait, where as harsh bokeh can totally detract!
Also even though a lense has good bokeh, it doesnt mean it can make a harsh background look good, shoot a lense wide open into a heavily back lit tree with light popping through and i doubt any lense will make the bokeh look really nice. If i was shooting landscapes at F8 or smaller then i really wouldn't care, like for my 645 45/2.8 i have no idea what the bokehs like and dont really care, because the chances of me using it in a situation where it was distract from the shot are about nil. heres a bokeh shot, wether its good or bad is up to the viewer, from a CV 75mm lense on a Leica. http://www.nrg666.com/bokeh.jpg Regards, Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Whaley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 4:11 PM Subject: Re: OT: Is BOKEH real?!?! Was -- Re: If You had to pick one lens . . . > Eccellent, Rob. I was thinking about digging up Harold, but thought > I'd let Pentaxguy do it himself. He's the grad student, not me! I'm > done with my structured learning from Universities! <g> > > keith whaley > > Rob Studdert wrote: > > > > On 9 Nov 2002 at 15:53, Pentax Guy wrote: > > > > > These are all online resources which because of their nature, are suspect, I > > > wanted published works -- books, manuals, journals (that includes art journals, > > > which are generally not quantifiable) > > > > A well constructed article on "bokeh": > > > > http://www.trenholm.org/hmmerk/ATVB.pdf > > > > A Technical View of Bokeh by Harold M. Merklinger > > as published in Photo Techniques, May/June 1997. > > > > Some credential references for Harold M. Merklinger > > > > http://www.trenholm.org/hmmerk/ > > > > Technical Books on Photography by Harold M. Merklinger > > > > Enjoy, > > > > Rob Studdert > > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html >
