On 26 Jun 2002 12:23:59 +0200, Christoph Breitkopf wrote:

>As I promised a some time ago, I did some bokeh test shots
>with various Nikon normal lenses. That turned out to be a
>failure - I can't find any relevant differences between the
>lenses I have tested so far. Other focal length are somewhat
>more interesting, and I have at least one lens with a truly
>'intersting' bokeh: the 2.8/90 macro zoomatar used wide
>open.
>
>Anyway, here are the images:
>http:/www.bokeh.de/en/index.html
>
>I do have some more test images in the 35mm range, but have
>not yet had time to put them on the web.
>
>Any comments appreciated.

Perhaps the terms should be changed from "bad bokeh"
and "good bokeh" to something else - some of us
prefer "bad bokeh" for its better universal DOF
and point-source light image possibilities (see
http://www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/sunplant1.html
for examples of the latter), and for its "hard-edged"
very-sharp look, and often do not prefer "good bokeh"
for its sometimes "mushy" look...