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Feb 20, 2019 07:53:20   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
ELNikkor wrote:
I'm still seething about this silly "gifting" mess. How many times to I have to yell that "gift" is the noun, and "give" is the verb!! You don't "gift" something to somebody, you GIVE it to them!!


Nouns have been made into verbs for hundreds of years, and it's not going to stop.

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Feb 20, 2019 08:35:48   #
jcspics
 
I wouldn't bokeh your child!?! I would bokeh my own kid if they weren't the subject of that shot...

It's all about composition: not the people or things that are blurred via AI'ed "bokeh" right?

-Jim

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Feb 20, 2019 08:52:58   #
GENorkus Loc: Washington Twp, Michigan
 
JohnSwanda wrote:
Has anyone seen the new iPhone commercial touting their new "bokeh" feature? One mother scolds another for "bokehing" her child in the background. Problem is, Apple doesn't know what the word means, or that it's not a verb. They seem to think it means throwing the background out of focus, which some uninformed photographers also believe. Bokeh is actually the aesthetic quality of the out-of-focus background blur, usually as a characteristic of a specific lens, not the blurring itself. Now the general public will have the same misunderstanding.
Has anyone seen the new iPhone commercial touting ... (show quote)


It's likely Apple just invented a new word or meaning. Just like how ISO got twisted around into a word instead of the separate letters it really is.

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Feb 20, 2019 08:53:52   #
wds0410 Loc: Nunya
 
jaymatt wrote:
Language and word meanings are ever-changing as time passes. Purists may win the battle here over the meaning of bokeh, but they will lose the war.


The English language keeps on evolving. I just accept it and move on.

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Feb 20, 2019 09:00:02   #
dsmeltz Loc: Philadelphia
 
JohnSwanda wrote:
Has anyone seen the new iPhone commercial touting their new "bokeh" feature? One mother scolds another for "bokehing" her child in the background. Problem is, Apple doesn't know what the word means, or that it's not a verb. They seem to think it means throwing the background out of focus, which some uninformed photographers also believe. Bokeh is actually the aesthetic quality of the out-of-focus background blur, usually as a characteristic of a specific lens, not the blurring itself. Now the general public will have the same misunderstanding.
Has anyone seen the new iPhone commercial touting ... (show quote)


These are cell phone users:

Text is now a verb

Bokeh is a now a verb

as in

"I'm gonna text you how to bokeh the s*%t out of that A-hole bomb'n your pic!"

Think, however, is now a noun I believe.

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Feb 20, 2019 09:04:14   #
tomcat
 
ELNikkor wrote:
I'm still seething about this silly "gifting" mess. How many times to I have to yell that "gift" is the noun, and "give" is the verb!! You don't "gift" something to somebody, you GIVE it to them!!


Me too. And dadgummit, the word is "vet-e-ran"---not "ve-tran". there are 2 "e's" in the word folks.....

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Feb 20, 2019 09:05:53   #
tomcat
 
I think the commercial is hilarious too. The poor ignorant mom who doesn't get the meaning of bokeh just adds to the humor.....

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Feb 20, 2019 09:20:46   #
Rab-Eye Loc: Indiana
 
JohnSwanda wrote:
Has anyone seen the new iPhone commercial touting their new "bokeh" feature? One mother scolds another for "bokehing" her child in the background. Problem is, Apple doesn't know what the word means, or that it's not a verb. They seem to think it means throwing the background out of focus, which some uninformed photographers also believe. Bokeh is actually the aesthetic quality of the out-of-focus background blur, usually as a characteristic of a specific lens, not the blurring itself. Now the general public will have the same misunderstanding.
Has anyone seen the new iPhone commercial touting ... (show quote)


I think it is intended to be funny.

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Feb 20, 2019 09:30:28   #
Idaho
 
The general definition of bokeh has now officially changed due to the technology of the 21st century. The purist will hang on to the 20th century definition as long as they are around to make the distinction. I'm officially declaring two types - fixed and adjustable. However, the distinction will likely fade as cell phones, along with various types of "computerized" cameras that will evolve in the future, become the future of photography. "Real" cameras will survive but in a very diminished role.

That commercial was great and will sell a lot of iPhones. I use the bokeh on my iPhone to get great quickie portraits, when I can find the right lighting, and the results can approach a professional look especially when you tweak it slightly with something like Portrait Pro.

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Feb 20, 2019 09:38:32   #
bluezzzzz Loc: Stamping Ground, KY
 
Interesting TOP blog from ten years ago:

https://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2009/01/what-is-bokeh.html

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Feb 20, 2019 09:39:49   #
NCMtnMan Loc: N. Fork New River, Ashe Co., NC
 
I don't know if Apple marketing really knows what it means or cares. They're just trying to sound like they know more about photography than the other phone manufacturers to sell more iPhones. The general public just goes either Wow! or doesn't give a hoot.

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Feb 20, 2019 09:46:59   #
GENorkus Loc: Washington Twp, Michigan
 
JohnSwanda wrote:
Has anyone seen the new iPhone commercial touting their new "bokeh" feature? One mother scolds another for "bokehing" her child in the background. Problem is, Apple doesn't know what the word means, or that it's not a verb. They seem to think it means throwing the background out of focus, which some uninformed photographers also believe. Bokeh is actually the aesthetic quality of the out-of-focus background blur, usually as a characteristic of a specific lens, not the blurring itself. Now the general public will have the same misunderstanding.
Has anyone seen the new iPhone commercial touting ... (show quote)


Whatever end result people here determined, Apple marketing succeeded in getting everyone here to spread the word. Isn't that the intent?

Time to just "move on". LoL

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Feb 20, 2019 09:50:07   #
napabob Loc: Napa CA
 
repleo wrote:
Let the unwashed masses wallow in their misunderstanding. We real photographers with our real cameras can revell in our superior knowledge while those iPhone losers send their cool out-of-focus-background shots to their friends around the world before we can get the lens cap off of our f1.4 on a FF body.



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Feb 20, 2019 09:54:30   #
Dannj
 
So where did this “bokeh” word come from anyway? Why don’t we just say “ blurred”? I think the commercial mentioned in the op takes a shot at the pretentious attitudes that sometimes impact our language. One man ‘s “blurry” image is another man’s “bokeh”. Kinda like the difference between a cookie and a biscotti: about $10 a pound.
Just my 2 cents😊

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Feb 20, 2019 09:59:21   #
dsmeltz Loc: Philadelphia
 
Dannj wrote:
So where did this “bokeh” word come from anyway? Why don’t we just say “ blurred”? I think the commercial mentioned in the op takes a shot at the pretentious attitudes that sometimes impact our language. One man ‘s “blurry” image is another man’s “bokeh”. Kinda like the difference between a cookie and a biscotti: about $10 a pound.
Just my 2 cents😊


WHAT! WHAT!!!!!


The difference between a cookie and a biscotti is soooooo much more.

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