Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/10

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Subject: [Leica] New M8 firmware
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (slobodan dimitrov)
Date: Wed Sep 10 07:08:36 2008
References: <41898B18-183F-4359-A538-044C3A8FBA32@frozenlight.eu> <C4EC8B23.1B356%lug@steveunsworth.co.uk> <82c9dd70809091641x4e9c40d8g567cc3d354a6e9fd@mail.gmail.com> <E4526CB1-C8BC-4CA1-AB52-4886537F733D@frozenlight.eu> <DB988E05-2F72-45BC-997B-6D0C132008A5@verizon.net>

Have you tried the Calumet ProSpec cards?
s.d.


On Sep 10, 2008, at 5:15 AM, Leonard Taupier wrote:

> I have had two legitimate Sandisk cards fail in my M8, an Ultra II  
> and an Extreme III. The Extreme III lasted two days. My dealer  
> replaced it. I have had no failures with Transcend. Newegg sells  
> their 2G 133X SD card for $8.25. Hard to beat.
>
> Len
>
>
> On Sep 10, 2008, at 1:33 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>
>> Another thing to keep in mind is that there are fake Sandisk cards  
>> out there. As with so many other things, certain Chinese  
>> producers  have no respect for intellectual property and send  
>> these onto the market. Telltale signs include ultra-low prices at  
>> ebay-based retailers.
>>
>> Those fakes may work just as well as the real thing or they may  
>> not. You pay your money and you take your chances.
>>
>> Nathan
>>
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>>
>> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sep 10, 2008, at 1:41 AM, Eric Korenman wrote:
>>
>>> i've played with many cheap 3d party cards.. which fail.
>>> Not always flat out -- they can get flaky and irregularly fail.
>>> Dropping a picture here.. a picture there.
>>>
>>> you get what you $$ for.
>>>
>>> I am strictly a sandisk man now.
>>> They haven't failed me .. yet.
>>>
>>> Eric
>>>
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In reply to: Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] New M8 firmware)
Message from lug at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth) ([Leica] New M8 firmware)
Message from faneuil at gmail.com (Eric Korenman) ([Leica] New M8 firmware)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] New M8 firmware)
Message from len-001 at verizon.net (Leonard Taupier) ([Leica] New M8 firmware)