Thing #23. Summarize your thoughts about this program.
Well, first of all I would like to say that I have learnt alot from this exercise. Little did I know that there were so many things that I could do with Web 2.0 and all these are within reach by most of us. It is just that we did not look closer enough, explore further, and study deeper.
While some of the 23 Things included in this blog are not entirely new to me (I knew of YouTube, Flickrs, eBook, Wikis and Blogging long before this...) and I have made my e-presence felt some time ago, I have not dwelled in deeper to explore all potentials to its fullest. This exercise has deepened my appreciation and with that some insight into the host of possibilities that I could use in my teaching. I would definitely make use of most of the tools I picked up along the way. For example, the Zoho Powerpoint e-presenter is one that I felt suits us very well. I don't have to worry about the availability of MS Office in the computer anymore.
Lastly, I think I have benefited and have become more internet savvy after this long 9-weeks of self exploration. I would definitely recommend Classroom 2.0 to my colleagues and hopefully we have a totally new internet community that we could share informations, provocating thoughts and learning tools with one and all.
Three Cheers to Classroom 2.0 - Hip Hip Hurray.........
Raymond Chua Soo Nam
Participant of Classroom 2.0 First Batch
Mechanical Engineering Division
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Week 9: Podcasts, Video & Downloadable Audio
Report on the latest items in your 2 RSS feeds from before.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/o4Q6FlsMy9E/
Scrapblog: a startup that lets you build rich Flash-based online scrapbooks, has closed a $4 million funding round led by Disney’s Steamboat Ventures and Longworth Venture Partners. The round brings Scrapblog’s total funding to $7.5 million.
Scrapblog offers an online editor that allows users to decorate their scrapbook with text, images, colorful themes, and other embellishments, which can then be shared on the web or printed out. The company was first introduced back in 2006, briefly went offline, and relaunched in March 2007. Now it has grown to nearly 2 million registered users who have created over 4 million scrapblog pages. The site has partnerships with major media sites including Disney, Discovery, Photobucket, and ABC.
The site generates revenue through scrapbook printing, sponsored promotions, and a recently launched virtual goods market called the Scrapblog Marketplace. The marketplace allows users to purchase designs from leading artists to decorate their scrapbooks, and has been likened to an “iTunes for Scrapbooking” - a strange description, but one that certainly appears to the niche scrapbooking demographic.
From Royal Melbourn Institute of Technology:
http://www.rmit.net.au/rss
Design and Production NetworkRMIT Expert CommentLatest news from RMIT LibraryMedia releasesResearchRMIT newsSchool of Global Studies, Social Sciences and PlanningStaff publicationsRMIT in world newsInteract with RMITSubscribe to RSS feeds on social networking tools listed below:
RMIT on Delicious
RMIT on Flickr
RMIT on FriendFeed
RMIT on Google Reader
RMIT on Twitter
RMIT on Upcoming
RMIT maps - City campus
RMIT maps - City campus hot spots
RMIT on YouTube.
Thing #20. Discover YouTube and a few sites that allow users to upload and share videos.
Everyone knows YouTube - one of the three greatest and most visited websites according to Google. All students I talked to have visited YouTube at least a number of times. They did not disclose the videos they like to see but I guess it is more for their leisure than serious learning stuff.
In order to make them use YouTube for their studies, I asked my students to make a short video using their camera phone on topics I tossed at them : To find out some real life examples of Moments of a Force at work and take a video and upload to help to explain the concept of moments of a force in Engineering Mechanics. Here is a sample video posted in YouTube:
Here is another video submitted by another group of students:
The next thing I like to do is to upload this link to Engineering Mechanics Module in MeL. However, as this is common module shared by all SoE, access right to posting this link is restricted to Module leader only so I am still exploring how to deal with issue like this for common module.
Thing #21. Podcasts - no iPod needed!
http://podcast.com/
According to Wiki, a podcast is a series of audio or video digital media files which is distributed over the Internet by syndicated download, through Web feeds, to portable media players and personal computers. Though the same content may also be made available by direct download or streaming, a podcast is distinguished from most other digital media formats by its ability to be syndicated, subscribed to, and downloaded automatically when new content is added.
The 2 RSS feeds I have subscribed to returned with the following feeds. Such feed provides me with the latest online publications and news on the website I am most interested in and hence saving a lot of leg works in searching/navigating to find what I want.
From TechCrunch:http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/o4Q6FlsMy9E/
Scrapblog: a startup that lets you build rich Flash-based online scrapbooks, has closed a $4 million funding round led by Disney’s Steamboat Ventures and Longworth Venture Partners. The round brings Scrapblog’s total funding to $7.5 million.
Scrapblog offers an online editor that allows users to decorate their scrapbook with text, images, colorful themes, and other embellishments, which can then be shared on the web or printed out. The company was first introduced back in 2006, briefly went offline, and relaunched in March 2007. Now it has grown to nearly 2 million registered users who have created over 4 million scrapblog pages. The site has partnerships with major media sites including Disney, Discovery, Photobucket, and ABC.
The site generates revenue through scrapbook printing, sponsored promotions, and a recently launched virtual goods market called the Scrapblog Marketplace. The marketplace allows users to purchase designs from leading artists to decorate their scrapbooks, and has been likened to an “iTunes for Scrapbooking” - a strange description, but one that certainly appears to the niche scrapbooking demographic.
From Royal Melbourn Institute of Technology:
http://www.rmit.net.au/rss
Design and Production NetworkRMIT Expert CommentLatest news from RMIT LibraryMedia releasesResearchRMIT newsSchool of Global Studies, Social Sciences and PlanningStaff publicationsRMIT in world newsInteract with RMITSubscribe to RSS feeds on social networking tools listed below:
RMIT on Delicious
RMIT on Flickr
RMIT on FriendFeed
RMIT on Google Reader
RMIT on Twitter
RMIT on Upcoming
RMIT maps - City campus
RMIT maps - City campus hot spots
RMIT on YouTube.
Thing #20. Discover YouTube and a few sites that allow users to upload and share videos.
Everyone knows YouTube - one of the three greatest and most visited websites according to Google. All students I talked to have visited YouTube at least a number of times. They did not disclose the videos they like to see but I guess it is more for their leisure than serious learning stuff.
In order to make them use YouTube for their studies, I asked my students to make a short video using their camera phone on topics I tossed at them : To find out some real life examples of Moments of a Force at work and take a video and upload to help to explain the concept of moments of a force in Engineering Mechanics. Here is a sample video posted in YouTube:
Here is another video submitted by another group of students:
The next thing I like to do is to upload this link to Engineering Mechanics Module in MeL. However, as this is common module shared by all SoE, access right to posting this link is restricted to Module leader only so I am still exploring how to deal with issue like this for common module.
Thing #21. Podcasts - no iPod needed!
http://podcast.com/
According to Wiki, a podcast is a series of audio or video digital media files which is distributed over the Internet by syndicated download, through Web feeds, to portable media players and personal computers. Though the same content may also be made available by direct download or streaming, a podcast is distinguished from most other digital media formats by its ability to be syndicated, subscribed to, and downloaded automatically when new content is added.
Within the Podcast website, the different podcasts are grouped under different headings for easy browsing:
Arts,Books,Business and Money,Comedy,Education,Entertainment,FoodGames and Hobbies,Government and Organizations,Health,Kids and Family,MusicNews and Media,Politics,Radio,Religion and Spirituality,ScienceSci-Fi and Fiction,Sexuality and Adult,Society and Culture,Sports,Technology,Television and Movies,Travel
Of the above, I recommend Education section which include podcast for University Students as well as for K-12 kids (our Primary 6 equivalent).
I tried playing a podcast on "Selections, selections with John Reuter" on Photoshop podcast but the streaming speed was very slow. Tried downloading also with little success. I would not recommend this to my students if this is the case. No one wants to wait half an hour to view a podcast I am sure.
Thing #22. eBooks and Audio eBooks
According to Wiki, an e-book or eBook or electronic book, is the digital media equivalent of a conventional printed book. Such documents are usually read on personal computers, or on dedicated hardware devices known as e-book readers or e-book devices. Many mobile phones can also be used to read eBooks.
Not only eBooks are convenient to read, some of them are freely available on the internet such as this : http://www.free-ebooks.net/
Here, one could download unlimited eBooks for FREE – anytime! Find the help you need, the information you seek, or fun reading to enjoy. Take advantage of this free service to read as much as you want, when you want. No library card required, No late return fee imposed!
I downloaded a copy of an eBook entitled: BLOGGING FOR BEGINNERS
http://www.free-ebooks.net/files/093Blogging%20Basics%20for%20Beginners.pdf
It is in PDF Format.
It teaches you how to use Photoshop to create your own skins and make your blog attractive as well as make it reflect you own personality. Cool to have!
Audio eBook
eBooks as stated above are rather common. While one could download eBooks to his or her computer and could be read on the laptop, Palm or Pocket PC. However, there is another way of enjoying eBooks that is easier on the eyes, and makes it possible to "read" even while one is driving or busy doing something else, by converting to audio! Converting eBooks to audio, one could listen to the favourite books wherever you may be. Audio eBooks can be enjoyed on the train, in the gym, in one's car, while cooking - the possibilities are endless.
This is the website that allows you to convert eBook to Audio:
http://www.nextup.com/TextAloud/ebooks-to-audio.html
It costs about US$29 to use this "text to speech" software but it offers a free trial for testing.
So if you are thinking of bedside story reading for your child, you may want to consider this option by converting the storytelling book into audio and play it anytime when you need it!
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Week 8: Online Applications & Tools
Thing #19. Take a look at LibraryThing and catalog some of your favorite books.
Signed up an account with LibraryThing BETA recently. This site provides user the convenience of cataloguing list of their favourite books from online bookstore such as Amazon.com.
Using it is very simple - one just have to "Add Book" and with a few keyword searches, a list of all the books with thumb nail of the book covers is shown. All we have to do is to add the books that you wish to be included. You could also add "Stars" to give rating of the books according to your taste and preference and share with the online community
I like photoshop CS3 as I use the software to do photo editing and hence my favourite books are all related to that. Above is a screenshot of my favourite books.
Week 8: Online Applications & Tools
Thing #18. Take a look at some online productivity (word processing, spreadsheet) tools.
I like Zoho Show, an online presentation tool which allows user to create presentations, very much like Powerpoint and share it with the world. The creation of account is easy and to set up the first online presentation takes a little patient.
I tried my first zoho show by working on a presentation on my interest, ie photography. I created a new zoho show I called My Photography. I found out that it allows me to link my zoho to Flickr, picasa where some of my images are hosted. At first tried to insert image in Flickr but my setting and configuration of flickr account was always unsuccessful. So I tried Picasa and this time it was a breeze.
This is my first Zoho Show on Photography.
http://show.zoho.com/public/raymond101/My%20First%20Zoho%20Presentation
I think this is very nice online presentation which I could use any where any time to show to my students without having to have my own laptop with MS powerpoint installed in order to show my presentation. I could access my zoho show and viola, my live presentation at my finger tips.
I like Zoho Show, an online presentation tool which allows user to create presentations, very much like Powerpoint and share it with the world. The creation of account is easy and to set up the first online presentation takes a little patient.
I tried my first zoho show by working on a presentation on my interest, ie photography. I created a new zoho show I called My Photography. I found out that it allows me to link my zoho to Flickr, picasa where some of my images are hosted. At first tried to insert image in Flickr but my setting and configuration of flickr account was always unsuccessful. So I tried Picasa and this time it was a breeze.
This is my first Zoho Show on Photography.
http://show.zoho.com/public/raymond101/My%20First%20Zoho%20Presentation
I think this is very nice online presentation which I could use any where any time to show to my students without having to have my own laptop with MS powerpoint installed in order to show my presentation. I could access my zoho show and viola, my live presentation at my finger tips.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Week 7: Wikis
Thing #17. Add an entry to the Learning 2.0 SandBox wiki.
A sandbox is a term that wikis often use to describe the area of the website that should be used for pure play. For this discovery and exploration exercise, I need to make a posting in Learning 2.0 Sandbox wiki for fun!
I have signed up an account and posted my first entry in sandbox.
Above is the screenshot of my entry.
Just to caution everyone. Care not to confuse this with the Sandbox in Security world. It is a security mechanism for safely running programs. It is often used to execute untested code, or untrusted programs from unverified third-parties, suppliers and untrusted users.
Week 7: Wikis
Thing #16. Learn about wikis and discover some innovative ways that educators are using them.
According to Wiki (not intended as a pun), wiki is a page or collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content, using a simplified markup language. Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites and to power community websites. The collaborative encyclopedia Wikipedia is one of the best-known wikis. Wikis are used in business to provide intranet and Knowledge Management systems. Ward Cunningham, the developer of the first wiki software, WikiWikiWeb, originally described it as "the simplest online database that could possibly work".
"Wiki" (/wiːkiː/) is a Hawaiian word for "fast". "Wiki Wiki" is a reduplication. "Wiki" can be expanded as "What I Know Is".
I have been using wikipedia for many years already. I think it is one of the coolest place to visit. It has tons of useful informations and best of all , it is free!
The only concern I have, if any, is whether the content can be trusted! Afterall, anyone can be the contributor and it might not be accurate for some reason. That's why wikis does include remarks such as "clarification needed" if she suspects the accuracy of the content.
I would encourage my students to be careful when using wikis. Instead of believing everything there is, they should cross check with other sources like Britanica online or hardcopies of equivalent. Students could also contribute to the content by doing their own little research and come out with their own interpretations on subjects that they are most interested in.
Next up, like to share with you how people in the internet makes use of wikis for very interesting and innovative way of learning and sharing - using Wetpaint.
A Wetpaint website is built on the power of collaborative thinking. Here, you can create websites that mix all the best features of wikis, blogs, forums and social networks into a rich, user-generated community based around the whatever-it-is that rocks your socks. A social website that’s so easy to use, anyone can participate.
This is a video that shows the power of Wiki wetpaint.
According to Wiki (not intended as a pun), wiki is a page or collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content, using a simplified markup language. Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites and to power community websites. The collaborative encyclopedia Wikipedia is one of the best-known wikis. Wikis are used in business to provide intranet and Knowledge Management systems. Ward Cunningham, the developer of the first wiki software, WikiWikiWeb, originally described it as "the simplest online database that could possibly work".
"Wiki" (/wiːkiː/) is a Hawaiian word for "fast". "Wiki Wiki" is a reduplication. "Wiki" can be expanded as "What I Know Is".
I have been using wikipedia for many years already. I think it is one of the coolest place to visit. It has tons of useful informations and best of all , it is free!
The only concern I have, if any, is whether the content can be trusted! Afterall, anyone can be the contributor and it might not be accurate for some reason. That's why wikis does include remarks such as "clarification needed" if she suspects the accuracy of the content.
I would encourage my students to be careful when using wikis. Instead of believing everything there is, they should cross check with other sources like Britanica online or hardcopies of equivalent. Students could also contribute to the content by doing their own little research and come out with their own interpretations on subjects that they are most interested in.
Next up, like to share with you how people in the internet makes use of wikis for very interesting and innovative way of learning and sharing - using Wetpaint.
A Wetpaint website is built on the power of collaborative thinking. Here, you can create websites that mix all the best features of wikis, blogs, forums and social networks into a rich, user-generated community based around the whatever-it-is that rocks your socks. A social website that’s so easy to use, anyone can participate.
This is a video that shows the power of Wiki wetpaint.
Week 6: Tagging, Folksonomies & Technorati
Thing #15. Copyright, Creative Commons, and What's Coming Down the Road with Web 2.0.
What have I learned about copyright and Creative Commons?
According to Wiki, copyright is a form of intellectual property which gives the creator of an original work exclusive rights for a certain time period in relation to that work, including its publication, distribution and adaptation; after which time the work is said to enter the public domain. Copyright applies to any expressible form of an idea or information that is substantive and discrete. Some jurisdictions also recognise "moral rights" of the creator of a work, such as the right to be credited for the work.
On the other hand, Creative Commons (CC) is a non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright licenses known as Creative Commons licenses. These licenses allow creators to communicate which rights they reserve, and which rights they waive for the benefit of other creators.
David Berry and Giles Moss have credited Creative Commons with generating interest in the issue of intellectual property and contributing to the re-thinking of the role of the “commons” in the “information age”. Beyond that Creative Commons has provided "institutional, practical and legal support for individuals and groups wishing to experiment and communicate with culture more freely".
Creative Commons licenses are several copyright licenses released on December 16, 2002 by Creative Commons, a U.S. non-profit corporation founded in 2001.
Many of the licenses, notably all the original licenses, grant certain "baseline rights", such as the right to distribute the copyrighted work without changes, at no charge. Some of the newer licenses do not grant these rights.
Creative Commons licenses are currently available in 43 different jurisdictions worldwide, with more than nineteen others under development. Licenses for jurisdictions outside of the United States are under the purview of Creative Commons International.
With CC, users like you and I could use some of the so called free softwares, music, video which are generously uploaded by the owner for us to use. Cool.
What have I learned about copyright and Creative Commons?
According to Wiki, copyright is a form of intellectual property which gives the creator of an original work exclusive rights for a certain time period in relation to that work, including its publication, distribution and adaptation; after which time the work is said to enter the public domain. Copyright applies to any expressible form of an idea or information that is substantive and discrete. Some jurisdictions also recognise "moral rights" of the creator of a work, such as the right to be credited for the work.
On the other hand, Creative Commons (CC) is a non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright licenses known as Creative Commons licenses. These licenses allow creators to communicate which rights they reserve, and which rights they waive for the benefit of other creators.
David Berry and Giles Moss have credited Creative Commons with generating interest in the issue of intellectual property and contributing to the re-thinking of the role of the “commons” in the “information age”. Beyond that Creative Commons has provided "institutional, practical and legal support for individuals and groups wishing to experiment and communicate with culture more freely".
Creative Commons licenses are several copyright licenses released on December 16, 2002 by Creative Commons, a U.S. non-profit corporation founded in 2001.
Many of the licenses, notably all the original licenses, grant certain "baseline rights", such as the right to distribute the copyrighted work without changes, at no charge. Some of the newer licenses do not grant these rights.
Creative Commons licenses are currently available in 43 different jurisdictions worldwide, with more than nineteen others under development. Licenses for jurisdictions outside of the United States are under the purview of Creative Commons International.
With CC, users like you and I could use some of the so called free softwares, music, video which are generously uploaded by the owner for us to use. Cool.
Week 6: Tagging, Folksonomies & Technorati
Thing #14. Explore Technorati and learn how tags work with blog posts.
According to Wiki, Technorati is an Internet search engine for searching blogs. Technorati looks at tags that authors have placed on their websites. These tags help categorize search results, with recent results coming first.
I signed up with Technorati.com and claimed my blog after that. Now you may be able to access my blog through search in Technorati.com. Try it!
Add to Technorati Favorites
According to Wiki, Technorati is an Internet search engine for searching blogs. Technorati looks at tags that authors have placed on their websites. These tags help categorize search results, with recent results coming first.
I signed up with Technorati.com and claimed my blog after that. Now you may be able to access my blog through search in Technorati.com. Try it!
Add to Technorati Favorites
Week 6: Tagging, Folksonomies & Technorati
Thing #13. Learn about tagging and discover Del.icio.us (a social bookmarking site)
First time to learn about this bookmarking site. The setting up of account is easy but the exporting and importing of favorites not as smooth. Firstly the instruction is not very clear. Example: For step 1 :
"Click the Tools button, and make sure that the Menu Bar is checked"
I was looking at where is Menu Bar checked thing but could not find it. When I clicked on the Tools option, nothing like that appeared. Finally ignored the step and proceed. Only much later that I know that the Tools option is found at another location on the extreme right of the toolbar.
I managed to set up my own Bookmark in Delicious and created a link to my blog as a side panel. I imported all my favourite Digicam bookmark so as to allow easy access for me and for my follower.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Week 5: Play Week
Thing #10. Play around with an online image generator.
This site *(Ultimate FlashFace v0.42b) allows user to create their own faces complete with hair, eyes, nose, mouth, beards, glasses etc. It will be very useful for some detective works if you want to generate faces of say a robber but doing a face composite.
What you need to do is to go down the selection from Hair > Head > Eye Brow>Eye >Glasses >Nose>mouth>beards> Chin and at the end you have a composite. You can edit the width or height by dragging the control for Item Scaler next to image. When completed, save the face in their server for the whole world to see. Try it, its nice!
Above was a face I generated randomly.
Thing #11. Explore any site from the Web 2.0 awards list, play with it and write a blog post about your findings.
From the hundreds of Web 2.0 Awards List, StumbleUpon that comes in No. 2 is my obvious favourite.
After your registered your interests with StumbleUpon, it will know what your interests are and have will show you lots more websites and web pages that you'll like that matches your interest. You then give a "Thumb up" for content you like and" thumb down" for content that you don't.
I gave this to my students and asked them to do the same and they have lots of fun and exciting things to learn by stumbling upon myriads of websites that we don't even know existed.
Try it, you will not regret.
Thing #12. Roll your own search tool with Rollyo.
Thing #12. Roll your own search tool with Rollyo.
Here, we are to create a Rollyo search roll and post the link to our blog.
From Wiki, Rollyo is a Yahoo!-powered search engine which allows users to register accounts and create search engines that only retrieve results from the websites and blogs they want to include in their search results. Users can also share their "rolled" engines with other contributors, also HTML is available to post a mini search box to a user's website.
I created my own Rollyo - Digital Photography. I have included in the search link all the frequently used websites I explore on the subject. After completing the rollyo on the subject, I tried searching for keyword "BOKEH" and these are the returned websites that I have instructed the search engine to search on:
Custom Web Results: Matched about 3190, showing 1 to 20
Bokeh
Unfortunately good bokeh doesn't happen automatically in lens design. ... Ideal bokeh would render each of these points as blurs, not hard-edged circles. ...
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/bokeh.htm
Nikon 85mm Bokeh Comparison
Bokeh is how out-of-focus areas look. ... I have a whole page explaining bokeh. ... The DC lenses are extremely sharp and designed for extraordinary bokeh. ...
http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/85mm-bokeh.htm
Nikon 50mm Lens Comparison
BOKEH what is Bokeh? ... is wide open and has the worst bokeh at f/2.8. ... Bokeh varies wildly by aperture, and reverses depending on if your out-of-focus ...
http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/50-comparison/bok…
Digital Wide Zooms: Bokeh
Their slower f/stop, shorter focal lengths and awful bokeh are a three-way path to disaster. ... hard to make an image that shows any bokeh with these lenses. ...
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/digital-wide-zooms…
Nikon Lens Bokeh Comparison
I noticed that the bokeh of the 18-135mm lens seemed unusually nice when I was ... Of course people genuinely concerned about bokeh shoot f/2.8 or faster lenses. ...
http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/bokeh-comparison.…
Nikon 18-200mm
Getting great bokeh in a lens like this isn't likely to happen. ... it uses aspheric elements which mess up bokeh, and VR also does weird things to ...
http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/18200/18200-bokeh…
Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8 AF
Overall Focus Bokeh Color Distortion Falloff. Color Fringes Mechanics Sharpness Zooming ... Bokeh back to Performance back to top. Bokeh looks nice; ...
http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/80-200mm-f28-af.h…
The bokeh table: compare bokeh!: Canon SLR Lens Talk Forum: Digital ...
... wondered, which has more bokeh: the 135 f/2 or ... about DoF, just bokeh. ... calculate all the apertures sizes, we can directly compare quality of bokeh. ...
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1…
Bokeh (lot's o' pics!): Canon SLR Lens Talk Forum: Digital Photography ...
I hear all the time about the bokeh of this lens being better than that lens, etc. Quite honestly, I don't have a good eye for bokeh. T...
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1…
Bokeh - an attempt at a conclusion...: Canon EOS 50D - 10D Forum ...
In my view, yes any out of focus area could be called bokeh, but of course there would have to be some kind of contrast (in the OOF area...
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1…
Bokeh
Unfortunately good bokeh doesn't happen automatically in lens design. ... Ideal bokeh would render each of these points as blurs, not hard-edged circles. ...
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/bokeh.htm
Nikon 85mm Bokeh Comparison
Bokeh is how out-of-focus areas look. ... I have a whole page explaining bokeh. ... The DC lenses are extremely sharp and designed for extraordinary bokeh. ...
http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/85mm-bokeh.htm
Nikon 50mm Lens Comparison
BOKEH what is Bokeh? ... is wide open and has the worst bokeh at f/2.8. ... Bokeh varies wildly by aperture, and reverses depending on if your out-of-focus ...
http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/50-comparison/bok…
Digital Wide Zooms: Bokeh
Their slower f/stop, shorter focal lengths and awful bokeh are a three-way path to disaster. ... hard to make an image that shows any bokeh with these lenses. ...
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/digital-wide-zooms…
Nikon Lens Bokeh Comparison
I noticed that the bokeh of the 18-135mm lens seemed unusually nice when I was ... Of course people genuinely concerned about bokeh shoot f/2.8 or faster lenses. ...
http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/bokeh-comparison.…
Nikon 18-200mm
Getting great bokeh in a lens like this isn't likely to happen. ... it uses aspheric elements which mess up bokeh, and VR also does weird things to ...
http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/18200/18200-bokeh…
Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8 AF
Overall Focus Bokeh Color Distortion Falloff. Color Fringes Mechanics Sharpness Zooming ... Bokeh back to Performance back to top. Bokeh looks nice; ...
http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/80-200mm-f28-af.h…
The bokeh table: compare bokeh!: Canon SLR Lens Talk Forum: Digital ...
... wondered, which has more bokeh: the 135 f/2 or ... about DoF, just bokeh. ... calculate all the apertures sizes, we can directly compare quality of bokeh. ...
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1…
Bokeh (lot's o' pics!): Canon SLR Lens Talk Forum: Digital Photography ...
I hear all the time about the bokeh of this lens being better than that lens, etc. Quite honestly, I don't have a good eye for bokeh. T...
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1…
Bokeh - an attempt at a conclusion...: Canon EOS 50D - 10D Forum ...
In my view, yes any out of focus area could be called bokeh, but of course there would have to be some kind of contrast (in the OOF area...
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1…
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