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 did, but only long enough to stop the M8?s fruitless attempts to reformat the card. I?ll try leaving it out overnight. ?howard > On Nov 14, 2015, at 5:57 PM, geneduprey2015 at gmail.com wrote: > > Have you tried removing the battery then reinstalling it an the SD card? > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Nov 14, 2015, at 12:42 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: >> >> 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/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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