To Hank, George, and others,
This subject was first talked on this NG back in 1996..
Jim Terazawa
>On Wed, 10 Dec 1997 09:26:28 -0600 (CST), "Jim Terazawa"
><jimt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>Here we go again.. I remember the subject of "boke" from sometime last year.
>
>Boke (pronounced bokeh) is a noun in Japanese meaning being out of focus
>but also has other meaning of 'dull' as in mental/psychiatric sense.
>
>When used in photo context, boke or boke-mi (meaning soft/out of focus of
>the main subject OR sharpen the main subject and soften the focus behind
>the subject - sahllow depth of field). It is also used as pin-boke meaning
>the subject being out of focus. Bokeru is a present verb meaning to make
>soft/out of focus. So, the word boke does not have any quantifying value
>in scientific/optical meaning.
>
>Maybe Yamamoto-san or Maekawa-san in this list can shed more light of
>the boke usage.
>
>Regards,
>Jim Terazawa
>
>
>>
>> Hi John,
>>
>> Prior to reading your post I would not have known what a Bokeh was even
>> if it had
>> crept up behind me and administered a swift kick in the pants. I've
>> heard the term before
>> but was pretty sure none of my lenses had Bokeh :- and if they had, I'd
>> find someone
>> to fixeh them :>).
>>
>> Judging by your post, good Bokeh must be a pretty desirable feature
>> for a lens
>> to have. Any way I looked up references to Bokeh in Dejanews and got
>> rather confused.
>> I get the impression that Bokeh is the spectrum of soft/out of focus
>> characteristics seen in
>> pictures taken with a particular lens. Is that right?
>>
>> So is Bokeh something you can quantify? Can you describe in a 1000
>> words or less
>> the difference in Bokeh between the 350mm F2.8 and the 100 F2.8 or do I
>> need to see the
>> pictures.
>>
>> Regards
>> S.C.
>>
>
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> Well, I recall something about the big expensive Zuiko
> 250mm and 350mm telephoto lenses having a lot of "Bokeh"
>
> It is a Japanese word that does not have an English
> equivalent. I believe that it describes a special
> quality of those big expensive lenses to isolate the
> subject from the background.
>
> Perhaps Tomoko or Jim T. can fill us in again?
> Does that first photo on the Unofficial Olympus Gallery
> show Bokeh?
>
>
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