[Leica] Have any of you had this happen with the M8?

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)]

Jeffery, a bit more - I am using the SanDisk Extreme III 2GB.  I think 
several others have these also and no problems with them at all.  They are 
on nLeicas list of compatible cards.

Gene

-------------- Original message from "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@cox.net>: 
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> I've tried Panasonic 2gb, Sandisk Ultra II 2gb, and Sandisk Ultra II 4gb 
> (the one I bought to use with the M8). None of them work. 
> 
> Jeffery Smith 
> New Orleans, LA 
> http://www.400tx.com 
> http://400tx.blogspot.com/ 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org 
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of 
> mehrdad 
> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 7:15 PM 
> To: Leica Users Group 
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Have any of you had this happen with the M8? 
> 
> 
> Jeffery, what kind of sd card are u trying to use? 
> 
> i use the transced regular 4gig @ under 50usd and works good 
> 
> On 3/16/07, Jeffery Smith wrote: 
> > I've had the M8 for 30 hours now and still have yet to take a frame. 
> > When I put an SD card in, the LCD says that it is full. When I have 
> > the M8 "format" it, a red LED blinks for about 20 minutes before I 
> > give up. I format the SD card in another camera and put it in the M8 
> > only to get the same "card is full" message. I went to the Leica page 
> > that is supposed to tell me which SD cards are compatible: 
> > http://www.leica-camera.com/photography/m_system/m8 
> > only to get an error message that the page cannot be found. 
> > I have gone through all of my SD cards. The last one gave me a "535" 
> > on the top LCD, which I assume meant that I had 535 images available 
> > on the card. However, I got a phone call and turned the camera off. 
> > When I turned it back on 20 minutes later, the top LCD had a "0" and 
> > the back LCD said "card is full". 
> > 
> > This is a real nightmare. Does anyone know where I can get to a list 
> > of compatible SD cards? 
> > 
> > Jeffery Smith 
> > New Orleans, LA 
> > http://www.400tx.com 
> > http://400tx.blogspot.com/ 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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