Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]WAIT STOP WHOA! I had this trouble with a new 128mg card (actually 4 of them) before I learned that my drivers for my card reader were not compatible with the higher mg card. Downloading the new drivers saved me. You might see if there is something newer than the drivers you are using. Also, before I had this problem fixed and I couldn't get my images to download, I took the card to a local photo shop where they were able to download them and burn a cd on their equipment. That way, at least, the images weren't lost forever...and it also let me know the disks weren't bad...it was just a glitch in MY system. I'm sure disks can go bad but I have 2 disks I bought when I bought my camera 2.5 years ago and they still work as well as the day I bought them. If you don't know, keep all computer disks from any magnetic fields as that will strip the data right off them. Good luck on what is no doubt a very, very frustrating problem. Lea - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Attinasi" <marc@attinasi.org> To: "LUG" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 12:40 AM Subject: [Leica] Digilux angst > I love the digilux 1 - it is a great fashion statement, and can take a > good picture once in a while (assuming I don't get in its way). But > twice now I have had a problem that I cannot tolerate, and I do not > know if it is me, my camera, the medium, or just bad luck. > > I took about 50 shots the other day, came home and prepared to download > the pics to my PowerBook. Nothing happened. I unplugged the USB cable, > put the camera in 'play' mode and a message appears indicating that the > memory card has to be formatted. I tried half a dozen incantations and > spells, nothing good came of it. I lost the pics. The Secure Digital > card is a 128MB SanDisk, nearly new, and has been working fine for a > couple of months. Why should it go bad? This is the second time this > has happened, on the second card. Do these expensive little cards go > bad? I find that hard to believe. Do they have to be formatted > periodically? This is worse than opening the back of the camera before > rewinding the film! UGGHH! > > Advice, ideas or general commiseration appreciated, > - marc > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html