[Impartial]

I only ever use it when talking to other photographers, and only when analyzing pictures. It's not something I randomly toss out in normal conversation.

Really, I don't understand the hostility some people seem to be showing to the creation of new technical terms by borrowing from another language with restricted signification. The English language has been doing this for centuries; it allows us a certain je ne sais quoi, does it not?

OTOH, I probably spent too much time in grad school, where people were doing this for a living. Ah, lebensweld. Oh, Aufhebung. Ah, pitié.

In any event, I do use the term bokeh in conversation, e.g. with my brother or my mother. With my mother would say "the quality of the out of focus areas. Or bokeh, as the kids call it." :-)

Yeah, I guess I still have a high tolerance for pretension.

[builttospill]

...And as I understand it, the *ist was supposed to be called the "ist." The concept was that you replace the asterisk with whatever applied to you, e.g. "portraitist" or "artist" or whatever. I've always happened to like calling the camera the "Starkist," though.

That's a nice explanation. I guess that's a neat thing about Pentax, people can call their products what they want to. I've always called my K2 DMD "K2 Diamond" because I think it sounds neater than K2 D.M.D.

[reeftool]

That's a nice explanation. I guess that's a neat thing about Pentax, people can call their products what they want to. I've always called my K2 DMD "K2 Diamond" because I think it sounds neater than K2 D.M.D.

In true American Redneck fashion, I call it "bokey".

[blade_o5990]

dose any one know how you pronounce "speingflung" as in the tilt and swing movements of a view camera.

[SpecialK]

dose any one know how you pronounce "speingflung" as in the tilt and swing movements of a view camera.

Nope, because the word is "scheimpflug" :-)

[adwb]

Nope, because the word is "scheimpflug" :-)

and what do you call a photographer who specialises in panoramas, and uses all the special kit available for that , worries about nodal distances etc.?
a panoramerist?
a panographer?
or something else

[Hypocorism]

and what do you call a photographer who specialises in panoramas, and uses all the special kit available for that , worries about nodal distances etc.?
a panoramerist?
a panographer?
or something else

A panhandler.

I do that and prefer to call it ultra widescape or broadscape for some kinky reason - a demented concatenation of mega-wide angle/vision and land/sea-scape.

And it's not "Nodal" point, it's Entrance Pupil dammit!
Panoramic Pivot Point -- PanoHelp.com

But the serious stuff doesn't get hung up on mere trivials and terminologies;
http://gigapansystems.com/gigapan-products/gigapan-epic-pro-product-page.html

.R.

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[adwb]

And it's not "Nodal" point, it's Entrance Pupil dammit!

As a girl I once knew said "it's not what you call it but how you use it"

But the serious stuff doesn't get hung up on mere trivials and terminologies;
http://gigapansystems.com/gigapan-pr...duct-page.html

indeed very true
One-Shot Virtual Tours, 360 degree panoramas! Amazing Virtual Tour lens and software.

[Hypocorism]

indeed very true
One-Shot Virtual Tours, 360 degree panoramas! Amazing Virtual Tour lens and software.

Hey, that's a nifty lens attachment.
Thanks for posting.

.R.