I hate this word...

Dave Wilkinson said:
a quick return visit here - after 24hrs...and no one seems to be tireing or running out of ideas (feeble though some are!) ...and I see no mention of the fact that nowadays people don't do something - they like do it! ...nowhatimean? :D
Seeyalater! (even if I won't) - Dave.
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that's because of all the noobs, .... did I mention "noob"
 
"You'll really like..." (as long as we're into phrases as well as words).

No, I probably won't, because anyone who presumes to tell me what I'll 'really like', without knowing me, probably has such different tastes from mine that I'll loathe it.

Actually, "Everyone loves..." is even worse. Cheesecake is my favourite example: fithy muck.

Cheers,

R.
 
MikeL said:
Dude, between you and me, I’m totally disinterested in this thread. I love awesome bokeh and IQ from a pimped up quasi-retro Leica M that was recently CLA’d and a sweet minty lense. What’s key is the synergy between buttery smooth lux or cron glass with it’s (intentional) great build quality and analog film, which gives nice tones across the bandwidth. Things do depend on your workflow.
Even newbies can get a nice capture with a prosumer fake DSLR or EVIL, but then again its (intentional) digital horses for digital courses. In the end, you get what you pay for.
Cheers from the U.S. mates?
Mike
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low IQ?????
 
Roger Hicks said:
"You'll really like..." (as long as we're into phrases as well as words).

No, I probably won't, because anyone who presumes to tell me what I'll 'really like', without knowing me, probably has such different tastes from mine that I'll loathe it.

Actually, "Everyone loves..." is even worse. Cheesecake is my favourite example: fithy muck.

Cheers,

R.
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cheesecake makes me boke as we say up here!!!
 
Chris101 said:
After all, I spell the word for the transition from in focus to out of focus caused by depth of field, "bokey" and pronounce it like I spell it. It's an Americanized word, and so I Americanize it to the max.
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Chris, I think we should create a word on RFF, use it all the time to describe some aspect of an image (bokey circles or transitions or some other contrived characteristic), and then see how long before it shows up in other internet forums. The more that you can Americanize it, the quicker we'll see it in an 'I hate' thread.
 
It irritates (rather than annoys) me - when someone (as above!) posts two lines of reply - and then - THIRTEEN lines of every piece of equipment they possess!!....why?
Dave.
 
"tin" being used to refer to a physical computer, as opposed to a cloud instance.

"at the end of the day" actually made me stop watching football on TV, so that was probably a good thing.

"chimping"

"glass"

"loose" for "lose"
 
peripatetic said:
"tin" being used to refer to a physical computer, as opposed to a cloud instance.

"at the end of the day" actually made me stop watching football on TV, so that was probably a good thing.

"chimping"

"glass"

"loose" for "lose"
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"chimping"....mmmm! I wonder if it requires long arms?
 
Dave Wilkinson said:
It irritates (rather than annoys) me - when someone (as above!) posts two lines of reply - and then - THIRTEEN lines of every piece of equipment they possess!!....why?
Dave.
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Could be a holdover from another forum. I also frequent www.mflenses.com, where the admin actually wants his members to post their equipment in a sig. Thus, I do so there. Elsewhere, however, I post a link to a webpage where I list my gear. More compact that way, and less obtrusive.
 
aperture64 said:
The word 'bokeh' and its improper use of another way of saying out of focus areas. Bokeh refers to the quality of those out of focus areas, not the areas themselves.

It also bothers me when people take pictures of themselves with their camera, usually via mirror.
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Picky, picky. Guilty on both counts, although in defense of the latter, it's a good way to check rangefinder accuracy and depth of field, if it's a camera you just bought. Which is what I did just a few days ago, after buying a nice Canon IID 1.

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Regarding bokeh, you indicate that bokeh's original meaning is a qualitative, rather than simple observational measure. Quoting from Wikipedia:

"The term comes from the Japanese word boke (暈け or ボケ), which means 'blur' or 'haze', or boke-aji (ボケ味), the 'blur quality'."

(I have Asian fonts installed on my machine, so I can see the kanji and kana. You might only be seeing question marks or some such.)

As the original definitions indicate, strictly speaking, bokeh means 'blur' only. The -aji suffix not only means 'quality' but also 'flavor'. So, we can say with some accuracy that the bokeh-aji of a lens is a qualitative expression, while simply bokeh is descriptive.

Nonetheless, I would still argue that when a person whose native language is not Japanese uses the word bokeh in a photographic context, there is an implied meaning or reference to the quality of the OOF image. We almost always attach qualitative statements to the word when we express it, I have noticed. Thus the semantics remain intact, even if the word is used in ways that might be deemed inaccurate.
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Gumby said:
No, but it sounds good. I'd love to try that. Can you send me a recipe, please?
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Cancel that request... I found a recipe. Now I have to bake! The recipe is in a book I have called "Great British Cooking... a well kept secret." What are they implying??? I always liked British cookery... reminds me of me mum!

p.s. the recipe I have calls for only 1 botle of Guiness. I think there is an error. I'm sure that only 1 bottle should go in the cake... but what about me???
 
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