Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/23

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Subject: [Leica] Cannot upgrade M8 firmware
From: philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:50:47 +0200
References: <BA666913-C3D6-443F-AD6F-EE8088C42959@yahoo.co.uk> <007f01cc31af$30769f60$9163de20$@earthlink.net>

Have you tried with a NEW card
I had problems with cards that I used from camera to camera -
might be linked to different "formatting" - on the computer or in the  
camera(s)

ph
Le 23 juin 11 ? 16:09, Frank Filippone a ?crit :

>
> Have you tried the Reset button under the main menu?  That should  
> get you
> back to factory set options...and regular use of your memory cards.
>
> A more probable solution.....  Can you read the cards on ANY other  
> computer?
>
>
> What SIZE memory cards are you using?  I'll bet on bigger than 2GB.   
> Your
> memory card reader  ( the thing connected to your computer) is not  
> Sdhc
> compatible... meaning 2GB MAX.  You need a SDHC compatible reader...  
> ( = or
> bigger than 4GB compatible).
>
> Change the reader.....  the problem should go away...
>
> BTW, I have bought less than $1 SDHC readers from Hong Kong ( EBay)  
> and find
> they work as well or better than the big brand name readers.
>
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at earthlink.net
>
>
> Since I had my M8 and M9, I could never read their cards with a card  
> reader.
> I hae two card readers.  Both work fine with my 5DII.  I use San Disk
> Extreme cards with my digital Ms.  I can only upload files by  
> connecting the
> Ms themselves, with card inside, to the Mac.
>
> I upgraded the M9 firmware by changing the card transfer type to Mass
> Storage from PTP.  I can't find this option in the M8, so I cannot  
> upgrade
> the firmware.  Any suggestions?
>
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from geordiepete211 at yahoo.co.uk (Peter Cheyne) ([Leica] Cannot upgrade M8 firmware)
Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] Cannot upgrade M8 firmware)