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

[neilsimages at pipeline.com (Neil Schneider)]

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
>   


Jeffrey if you have done all you can, followed the manual as to the 
correct procedure and all has failed,I suggest you return the camera 
since its only a day old for another one.. Apparently there is a problem 
with the circuitry relating to the card receptors.. Not worth having 
repaired as a new camera directly out of the box..