"BOKEH"...

[Steve Parr]

Will someone please tell me what "bokeh" is?

I mean, I know what it is, I guess I'm wondering why it's called that...

Steve

[CyberDyneSystems]

...I know what it is, I guess I'm wondering why it's called that...

Steve

It's Japanese as I understand it. So that's why it's called that.

I also suspect that a lens with excellent bokeh may in fact posses some level of wu...

[mikesd]

Hi Steve, I have no idea how it got its name but I am fairly sure it has been mis spelled from the start. After buying the best lenses capable of producing the best bokeh, it should have been spelled BROKAH! :lol: :lol:

[Noni]

Will someone please tell me what "bokeh" is?

I mean, I know what it is, I guess I'm wondering why it's called that...
I have no idea why it's called that. And honestly, I'm not sure what it is, let alone why it's a desirable trait in a lens or a photo.

Anyone care to help a newbie understand?

Best-
Michele

[AJSJones]

From Webster's
Definition: a Japanese term for the subjective aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas of a photographic image.

(Note the inclusion of the word "subjective" in this definition)

CDS - You gotta have wa...

FWIW : The h was added at the end of the transliteration to ensure that the -ke is pronounced correctly as the "ke" in Ken. The bo- is pronounced as the "bo" in box.

Andy

[CyberDyneSystems]

Wa... would be more appropriate... I'm confusing my wa with my Tao... :o :o

christ wars have started over less..

Still Wu works as well...
from chapter 11,
"You fashion clay to make a bowl, the usefulness of the bowl is always in that empty innermost wu"

"You cut out doors and windows to make a house, their usefulness to a house is always in their empty space."

[Dante King]

Well my karma ran over my dogma the othe day. WU wu wu! Wa wa wa.

[thomasrhee]

"Bokeh" comes from the Japanese word "Boke".

Although there are a few meanings to the word Boke in Japanese. The literal translation for the word Boke as it applies to photography means, unsharp, blurry, or fuzzy. In a broader sense, it means the quality of the out of focus area in an image.

[raylks]

Japanese always specifies something in a jargon that westerner always love and borrow from them.

Bokeh in photography refers to blurred area of an photo. An area is blurred simply due to 1) where it is out of focus; 2) due to shake of camera. Certainly, we are not referring to the second situation.

Whether or not a lens can produce a nice bokeh is a subjective judgement. Some said that Leica Noctilux 50mm f1.0L can get a creamy bokeh and Canon 135mm L can do the same and so they are good.

Did you think the bokeh of this picture is good?

I would say "yes", and it is created by 100mm Macro.



http://210.245.164.161/albums3/raylks/Springs/CRW_9389.jpg

[Carzee]

I think the Nikonians on line photo FAQ mentions that BOKEH is old minilab photo printing jargon for

Below Optimal Kodak Edge Hardness.

Here is one of mine. Can we have a comp?

http://i2.pbase.com/u18/pulp_depiction/medium/32998120.civic_bokeh4.jpg

:lol:

[Rokkorfan]

Bokeh is described with examples on my website in a review of Minolta manual focus 85mm's. Refer here for a brief description:

http://www.rokkorfiles.com/85mm%20page%203.htm

Cheers,

Antony