QUOTE(flamephotography @ Jan 15 2013, 01:08 PM)
DOF is a formula to do "Bokeh".
DOF is not a formula to bokeh.
DOF is the area in focus. Simple as that.
Bokeh is the area that are out of focus.
In photography, the priority is always DOF - that's where you get the subject to be covered enough to maintain the details, the bokeh is just the result of everything else.
QUOTE(flamephotography @ Jan 15 2013, 01:08 PM)
The definition for depth of field (DOF) is the distance between the nearest and farthest objects in a scene that appear acceptably sharp in an image.
this definition is correct though. Basically the area that is in focus.