So... who says a G10 can't do bokeh?

@alan_potter. Was macro focus on here ? It looks like it could have been. Yes you can get some bokeh in macro mode. It actually call this more 'out of focus background' than bokeh. Try getting bokeh in std focus mode. There is little to be had there.

You're exactly right... It's just a bit of fun... the G10 is a fine camera, but there are some things it's better for than others. Bokeh is one of the others...

regards,
/alan

audiosteve wrote in post #11015567
...It actually call this more 'out of focus background' than bokeh.

isn't it the same thing?

bokeh, IIRC, is/are the little rings of specular highlights you get:

Alan, bokeh or not, I love this photo! Well done


Here is a good article on bokeh with some great examples:
http://www.instantshif​t.com …les-of-bokeh-photography/

Awesome photo! Such high quality!!!!!! I like the fact a Easyjet A319 is there :P
I would like to get the G11, but with 5x zoom, no thanks, I need telephoto.

Frank Costanza lives in Del Bokeh Vista.

My Italian grandfather once said, "Ouch, I think I bokeh me arm when I fell."

My kid collects Bokehmon trading cards.

You're ALL wrong. "bokeh" is when you're trying to say "OK" with a stuffed up nose.

And yes, you can get bokeh out of a G series. Just not as easily as with an SLR........

G3, no macro mode:

Glyno wrote in post #11024064
isn't it the same thing?

bokeh refers to the quality of the blur, not the quantity

so, who decides?

personally, I think the quality of the blur in the first photo is pretty good

Yeah on my G10 i find i can get some bokeh/background blur either by using macro or zooming in while getting in close to the subject eg someones face.

I'm guessing this would work even better with G9's longer focal length.

czeglin, you're right about the use of the word "bokeh" but might as well give up that debate -- I have. I no longer use the "bokeh" word and now simply talk about background blur.

I have the G9 and did made a short study and experiment of my attempts to get background blur when the main subject is portrait sized; it just doesn't work out. Part of the problem is that the G series maximum apertures change with focal length. See my trials at http://lightdescriptio​n.blogspot.com/search/​label/dof

Glyno wrote in post #11024807
so, who decides?

John Persimons
240 W Galpin
Westminster, CT 12345

He's judged bokeh from blur for years.