Thanks for the explanation Godfrey; I don't know how I've gone through all these years of photography without knowing that.
I'm off to weigh how much bokeh each of my lenses has. I'm excited! —M. \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment On 25 March 2012 13:18, Godfrey DiGiorgi <gdigio...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Bob W <p...@web-options.com> wrote: >>> Bob, ermm...so do my APS-C photos not have any bokeh in them...? > > LOL > > Bokeh is "the quality of the out of focus blur" so all cameras and > lenses have bokeh. Exactly what the bokeh looks like depends on the > format, the lens, the aperture setting, the distance setting, and the > scene. > > Larger formats allow more control of selective focus zone when there's > enough lens speed and the magnification of the subject is the same > compared to smaller formats. IOW, you can make more blur by narrowing > the focus zone with a 50mm lens on 24x36 mm format than you can with > 16x24 mm format and a 35mm lens, given the same range of apertures to > work with. > > Bokeh, however, is the quality of the blur, not the magnitude. > -- > Godfrey > godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
