Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My recollection is there was a point that you need to have upgraded firmware to use sdhc cards. Transcend and Sandisk always worked for me. I think there were a few brands that didn't make the quality cut and were not on the compatible list. I can't find that list on the Leica website anymore. from my iPad Sonny Carter > On Nov 15, 2015, at 5:04 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote: > > I cannot answer about 8GB, but my M8 (original 1/8000th) has only been used > with 16GB by me.... > > john > > -----Original Message----- > \ > > The M8 will not work with any 8Gb card. It will work with (very few, > specific) 4Gb cards, and almost all 2Gb cards. But not 8Gb cards. > > Henning Wulff > hjwulff at gmail.com > >> On 2015-11-14, at 8:23 PM, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote: >> >> It's an old 8 GB, which I *think* I've used with the M8 before, but I'm > not sure. In any case, I'll buy and try a new one. >> >> -howard >> >> >>> On Nov 14, 2015, at 7:52 PM, Frank Verizon <red735i at verizon.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>> What size card? >>> >>> But the other advice... Try another card... Are definitely first to try. >>> >>> Frank Filippone >>> Red735i at verizon.net >>> >>> 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