RIP: Depth of Field

[mattkime]

can't believe so many people are talking about 4x5. love mine, it needs to get out more.

[space-time]

mattkime wrote:
can't believe so many people are talking about 4x5. love mine, it needs to get out more.

taken out of context, this could lead to other interpretations...

[Racer X]

Mine's an 8x10! And its hard wood baby, hard!

[deckeda]

Racer X wrote:
Mine's an 8x10! And its hard wood baby, hard!

But does it have Dakota's "gay bokeh," or any other uses of expression that likely violate the TOS of this forum?"

[mikebw]

Mike Johnson wrote:
Funny, I'm at the point where I want to punch myself in the throat whenever somebody uses the word "bokeh" online.

I have similar feelings, except the punch is directed at the original utterer of the word, not myself.

[mrbigstuff]

beagledave wrote:
The OP seems to be lamenting that shallow depth of field is dominating more and more photographic shooting these days.

no, quite the opposite, hence my use of the tag: RIP. well, perhaps i didn't use the correctly disparaging language; i see your point.

i wish more people understood how to employ the DoF as a compositional tool.