Bokeh

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Introduction

There are many excellent descriptions of this elusive optical quality.  A google search will turn up many references; here are a few:

http://www.photo.net/mjohnston/column49/
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/bokeh.shtml
http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/bokeh.html
http://www.pathcom.com/~vhchan/bokeh.html
http://www.bokeh.de/en/
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/bokeh.htm

The full D2X vs EOS review at diglloyd.com contains examples of bokeh with various Canon and Nikon lenses; these are not shown on this page.

Please also see the related Background Blur page comparing the 58mm/f1.2 NOCT-Nikkor with the Canon 85mm/f1.2L.