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Fun Stuff: Bokeh Ratings and Lens AwardsWell, this is possibly the silliest and potentially least useful thing I've ever done in my life as a photo-writer, but I've decided to publish my personal list of BOKEH RATINGS. I've simply assigned a numerical ranking on a scale of 1-10 to some of the many of the camera lenses I'm familiar with, rating the subjective visual quality of the out-of-d.o.f. areas orbokeh. Here's the basic rating key:

10 – Functionally perfect in ordinary usage9 – Outstanding, exceptional, capable of great beauty8 – Extremely good, far better than average7 – Very good, solid performer, bokeh not too much of a limitation6 – Decent, above average in most circumstances5 – Acceptable3 – Pretty awful under certain conditions1 – So butt-fugly you’d have to be blind not to scream

Please note that unless you are ever-so-slightly crazy (ESSC), bokeh doesn't matter all that much. What sane photographers mostly care ...

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