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[quote name='Pinhole' timestamp='1299424379' post='6557']

In common useage the term 'bokeh' is used to generally describe the out of focus areas of a photo...



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However, only pedantic technicians such as yourself will claim exclusive correctness on its meaning while ignoring popular usage among photographers.

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People incorrectly use common English and there's nothing suggesting that photographers are better. Terms like "bokeh" are technical terms that require some learning... to cut the story short, take a look at the following thread titles:



http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1041&message=37015500

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1032&message=28767437

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1020&message=37727884

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1037&message=37816436

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1033&message=37814476



So I don't except such people to know how to use words like "bokeh" correctly.



Plus, who on Earth is a photographer and who isn't? Probably the largest upcoming community in photography is iphone and phone camera users. Are we to take their use of words as gospel? Or are we supposed to listen only to those people who turn up to events with 10fps DSLRs, machine gun everything and earn a living from it?



Don't get me wrong... I'm not saying that I have perfect English or that I don't make mistakes (although the latter is rare <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />) but when you're talking about something technical you can't just go with the flow... leave that to business and marketing people <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



GTW