a Vote for the "worst" word used in the RFF in 2006

I'd go for 'dead'. because that damned 'is film dead' thread kept popping up it's ugly head, followed by the constant chatter of bokeh
 
gareth said:
Analog or analogue.

Since when were cameras analogue? They are either film or digital, aren't they?

Or could we have a vote for the most annoying topic? Like those threads full of people who slag of either film or digital, perhaps claiming that one is better than the other, or that one is not real photography, and the other is. Or that certain cameras are superior etc etc.

Hmm, sorry I'm getting carried away.
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I second that! Film isn't analog because it's not electronic! My darkroom isn't analog, it's optical! There were some analog video and electronic still cameras but hardly anyone uses those.

I also much prefer OOF to bokeh. Oyasuminasai bokeh! I don't mind Japanese saying it, but I won't say it because I hardly know any Japanese.😉
 
I mentioned patina because of the sort of twisted use to describe cameras and lenses with peeling paint. I think 'beat' or 'worn' are better. Patina is more something that happens to bronze statues.

Patina is nice to say, however- unlike bokeh.

Bokeh is a great concept- the aestetic quality of the out of focus area in a photograph, but the word itself is painful to say aloud.



Can you picture Clint Eastwood as the 'Man With no Name', eyes squinted to slits, in the burning desert sun- through clenched teeth managing to still sound tough saying 'bokeh'? "There are two kinds of lenses in this world, those with good bokeh, those with bad bokeh."
Maybe 'Bridges of Madison County' Clint could say 'bokeh', but not 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' Clint.
 
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