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Saw an interesting picture when browsing some entertainment news stuff the other night. That Miley child, forget her last name, was taking a picture out the window of her car, didn't catch what it was, probably a Bently. Guess what she was shooting with. Yep, you got it a Leica M8.

I guess it only makes sense for a multibillionaire child to be using an M8. I'll bet its lack of auto everything really gives her good shots. Must really be someone with a good photographic knowledge helping her with her photographic decisions.

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Dave Lewis
 
I hate to pop your bubble but all people here are far from what you call rich. Some worked very hard for what they have.

You seem a little sour that some one riding in a nice car can afford an M8.

I guess obama just can't redistribute the wealth fast enough! I wonder where he is going to get the funds from when the people who provide jobs can no longer stay in business and provide these jobs.

I can wait for our goverment to spend all the new tax money wisely, it will be interesting as it has never happened before. For the first time in my life I actaully fear our goverment is going to kill the goose that lays the golden egg!

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Dave Lewis said:
Saw an interesting picture when browsing some entertainment news
stuff the other night. That Miley child, forget her last name, was
taking a picture out the window of her car, didn't catch what it was,
probably a Bently. Guess what she was shooting with. Yep, you got it
a Leica M8.

I guess it only makes sense for a multibillionaire child to be using
an M8. I'll bet its lack of auto everything really gives her good
shots. Must really be someone with a good photographic knowledge
helping her with her photographic decisions.

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Dave Lewis
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--Dave, I would probably assume the same, wondering how/why a rich & famous teen idol would have an M8, esp. using it for a snapshot out a car window. OTOH we could be gracious and wonder if maybe there's more to her than we thought, that she knows and appreciates what she's holding.....Probably not, but maybe...

W.C.

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And even if she doesn't appreciate it, who the hell cares?

Here in London, there are so many guys driving really fast and performance capable Porsches, Astons, M3s, and the like. Do they drive them in a way that shows why they are different from a Ford Mondeo? Not really. They just want to be seen and identified with a piece of fast expensive metal.

So who cares? Whatever rocks their boat.

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Dave, some here are a little sensitive to the words rich, wealth, etc.. in relation to their cameras.. probably because individuals who know nothing about Leica think it is just a status symbol for the rich. We get knocked quite often by those who know nothing of Leica except that it costs a fortune.

Many of us poor schlubs have saved and scrimped and bought second hand to obtain a Leica. It is not a perfect machine but it is so nice in many ways and offers a different experience than the auto everything DSLRs and P&S cameras.

I do agree that the rich often (not always) shower their kids with expensive items and do quite often when all they really wanted was what the kid from across the tracks has... I live in an affluent community that built up around me.. and I see kids in BMWs, Porsches, Hummers, etc.. wearing Rolex watches and taking spring break in Europe... all on daddy's money.

That's not to say it is bad, just that it happens and I know that if I could afford better for my sons I would probably give it to them.

It may have been Miley Cirrus you saw.. and she's made most of that money herself.. she's more famous and richer than her dad and may even be a good photographer.. who knows.
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Bootstrap said:
Would you be kind enough to provide a link to the photo or article?
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http://coolspotters.com/musicians/miley-cyrus/and/cameras/leica-m8-103mp-digital-rangefinder-camera#page-1

I don't see what the big deal is. It ain't that complicated a camera to figure out people. She probably knows exactly how to use it.

Cheers,
-Gautham

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Agree, just like the Queen of England who is well known to carry a Leica M around with her, Rich does not mean un-deserving, for any reason, and it most certainly does not mean stupid.
gnarayan said:
Bootstrap said:
Would you be kind enough to provide a link to the photo or article?
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http://coolspotters.com/musicians/miley-cyrus/and/cameras/leica-m8-103mp-digital-rangefinder-camera#page-1

I don't see what the big deal is. It ain't that complicated a camera
to figure out people. She probably knows exactly how to use it.

Cheers,
-Gautham

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C&C always welcome.
Reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot
be fooled.
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UM find me the sentence in my post that I suggested that Leica owners are rich. I said a spoiled little rich 15 year old rock star bought a camera and it was a Leica and that it would probably fall completely flat for her because it isn't an auto everything camera. If you think this is a rich envy post then count my cameras:

5 Pentax DSLR, 5 Canon DSLR's, 5 Olympus DSLR's, 2 Panasonic DSLR. I could probably own a half a dozen Leica M8's if I wanted to. I think they are a lovely camera, but I just haven't moved in that direction. I don't fault those who have. I just think probably a child like that with a Leica M8 is not the message I would associate with Leica.

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Dave Lewis
 
WC Wood said:
Dave Lewis said:
Saw an interesting picture when browsing some entertainment news
stuff the other night. That Miley child, forget her last name, was
taking a picture out the window of her car, didn't catch what it was,
probably a Bently. Guess what she was shooting with. Yep, you got it
a Leica M8.

I guess it only makes sense for a multibillionaire child to be using
an M8. I'll bet its lack of auto everything really gives her good
shots. Must really be someone with a good photographic knowledge
helping her with her photographic decisions.

--
Dave Lewis
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--Dave, I would probably assume the same, wondering how/why a rich &
famous teen idol would have an M8, esp. using it for a snapshot out a
car window. OTOH we could be gracious and wonder if maybe there's
more to her than we thought, that she knows and appreciates what
she's holding.....Probably not, but maybe...
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Oh, yeah sure, I'm positive learning how to use a mostly manual camera that cost as much as she should be spending for a used car is exactly how she is spending her time now. I thought is was the epitome of the "I do because I can generation." I think she asked someone what the most expensive camera was and she said, how about getting me one. Or she liked the red dot on the black body might be a better guess.
WC Wood said:
W.C.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29320396@N05/show/
Digilux 2
FZ18

'Do you wish people to believe good about you? Don't speak.' -
'Pascal's Pensees' #44
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Dave Lewis
 
I wish I could. It was on the AOL website, they have bunches of those stars things with groups of photos you can sort through. I'm sure it has passed long by now. I tried getting a link for it. But ended up with a page of 500 photos and I just didn't want to sort through them and you could never find it again anyway. If you go to the AOL web page and click on one of the Milie things I'll bet the picture will come up. She was in a car with a boy friend and the caption said she was taking pictures of the paparazzi. I thought it was a hoot then thought "damn, and what camera would you expect her to be using." Would a Leica M8 be your first guess or one of those pink Canon point and shots.
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Dave Lewis
 
but I will admit to being incredulous that she would even know what a Leica M8 was, though, like I said in the other post she probably told someone to buy her the most expensive camera they could find.
Thomas Massengale said:
And even if she doesn't appreciate it, who the hell cares?

Here in London, there are so many guys driving really fast and
performance capable Porsches, Astons, M3s, and the like. Do they
drive them in a way that shows why they are different from a Ford
Mondeo? Not really. They just want to be seen and identified with a
piece of fast expensive metal.

So who cares? Whatever rocks their boat.

--



Thomas Massengale - Homeopath & Naturopath in London -
http://www.massengale.co.uk
Subscribe to my YouTube Channel -
http://www.youtube.com/user/ThomasMassengale
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Dave Lewis
 
Oh, really what a bunch of craaap. Where did you read any of that from what I said.

dave
Mike Hoban said:
gnarayan said:
Bootstrap said:
Would you be kind enough to provide a link to the photo or article?
Click to expand...
http://coolspotters.com/musicians/miley-cyrus/and/cameras/leica-m8-103mp-digital-rangefinder-camera#page-1

I don't see what the big deal is. It ain't that complicated a camera
to figure out people. She probably knows exactly how to use it.

Cheers,
-Gautham

--
C&C always welcome.
Reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot
be fooled.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gnarayan/
Click to expand...
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http://www.mikehoban.com
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Dave Lewis
 
She might be a budding photographer. I was too when I was younger than she is. I had a good camera too and a complete darkroom with a Bessler Enlarger.

It is possible. I just saw it as unlikely.
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Dave Lewis
 
Unfortunatley my guess would have been the same as yours about Miley Cyrus and Leica m8 but knowing the Leibovitz Vaniity Fair afair I figured there might be more to it.

Who knows what happens when kids get to experience something at an early age...like my daughter here :-)


Dave Lewis said:
She might be a budding photographer. I was too when I was younger
than she is. I had a good camera too and a complete darkroom with a
Bessler Enlarger.

It is possible. I just saw it as unlikely.
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Dave Lewis
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rich people stigma you are all clamoring about though. I'm not rich but I could afford a half a dozen M8's if I wanted them. I just never have come round to a Leica, maybe will some day. If I do I will know what it is. Maybe she does but my guess is she identified it by cost first and probably name recognition second. I doubt she did much reading about it or handled it in comparison to other cameras or even knew what other cameras to compare it to. How much photo astuteness can we attribute to a 15 year old child with 56 hours packed into each and every one of her days.

I just figured with the obscene wealth of that child that she simply went for the most expensive. Maybe so maybe not. Expensive is an identity whether we like it or not.

If I measured camera values by price alone that one would be my first choice. If I valued cameras on looks alone that one would be the first choice. If I valued cameras on their historic mystique alone that one would be my first choice. I wonder how far beyond those factors she went.
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Dave Lewis
 
and here's one of the few pics my daughter caught (not so tilted as most of hers are) after we traded cameras.


MJones said:
Who knows what happens when kids get to experience something at an
early age...like my daughter here :-)


Dave Lewis said:
She might be a budding photographer. I was too when I was younger
than she is. I had a good camera too and a complete darkroom with a
Bessler Enlarger.

It is possible. I just saw it as unlikely.
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Dave Lewis
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