Digital BW, The Print

Moreno Polloni wrote:

>>Austin, Don't tell Mike Kravitt he gets useless pictures with his mamiya
>>because the lenses don't have Bokeh!
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>>What a nitpicking subject. I bet most Landscape photographers couldn't
>>care less about bokeh. Show me some evidence where leica and zeiss
>>intentionally design their lenses to have great bokeh!!!
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>If you shoot mostly landscapes with infinity focus and small apertures, then
>yes, the bokeh of a lens has little bearing on your image, and yes, it'd
>probably be a "nitpicking subject".
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Like those of us who do sports or serious portraiture work...

For us, BOKEH, is a big factor...

Imagine shooting a football game with a 400/2.8 or 600/4... You open up 
all the way to blur the background and put the focus on the subject... 
 Instead, the background becomes distracting..  UGH!

If you intend to depend on your lenses at more than minimum apertures, 
it pays to know your Bokeh..

Keith
 



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