Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/11/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I would try different cards. My cards don't like to be switched between cameras. Get a new, unused one and try that. It would be cheaper than sending the camera off! Tina On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 1:08 PM, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote: > I think it?s a card I?ve used before in the M8. In any case, the M8 reads > the M240?s card just fine. > > ?howard > > > > On Nov 14, 2015, at 11:00 AM, chris williams <zoeica at mac.com> wrote: > > > > I'm guessing you've tried a new or different card? My M8 never liked > cards that my M9 used. > > > > > > > > Chris Williams > > www.zoeicaimages.net > > 504-231-6261 > > > > > >> On Nov 14, 2015, at 10:39 AM, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote: > >> > >> When I turn my M8 on, the first thing I see is the message: ?SD-Card > full?. But it isn?t, not nearly. When I push the PLAY button, it tells me: > ?No valid image to play?. But there are images. (The card is read normally, > and its images displayed, by the M240.) When I press the M8?s MENU button, > the menu is displayed normally. But when I select Format SD-Card, it will > not reformat the card?it doesn?t progress beyond the ?Do you want to format > the SD-Card?? screen when I push the Yes button. All that happens is the > red light flashes rapidly. I have to remove the battery to get out. > >> > >> Reformatting the same card in the M240 proceeds normally, but the > situation is the same when it?s put back into the M8, and the M8 gives the > same notices when I try the M240?s SD card in it. > >> > >> When I try to install the current firmware update that?s been > downloaded onto the SD card, again the M8 reports ?SD-Card full?. > >> > >> (By the way, all you M8 users: Contrary to Leica?s online instructions, > the M8 firmware update file is NOT a .zip file, and does not need to be > decompressed into a .upd file that gets put onto your SD card. It?s already > a .upd file and only needs to be downloaded and transferred in its native > state to your SD card. (Sorry if this is common knowledge that?s already > been shared, but I haven?t updated my M8 in years.) The instructions for > the M240 are different, and the update file for it is a .fw file that > likewise isn?t a compressed file, or at least not one that needs > decompressing by the user.) > >> > >> Any solution short of sending it on a trip to NJ? > >> > >> ?howard > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://t.sidekickopen28.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XYgfmKYPW4WzBHl3Mx_9dW3LqWkM56dQ1Jf7P8b5b02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftina-manley.artistwebsites.com%2F&si=6038418186567680&pi=74c89da9-dfbb-47e0-dd7e-edf4e5cb2971> www.tinamanley.com http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/