Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I found a reference in RF forum that said Leica M8 firmware 2.014 was the level needed to run an SDHC card. from my iPad Sonny Carter > On Nov 15, 2015, at 5:18 PM, Henning Wulff <hjwulff at gmail.com> wrote: > > Until the M9 came out, there was no firmware that would allow the M8 to > work with any card above 4Gb, and 4Gb was only possible with certain cards > that used chips that were wired together non-conventionally. Apparently > later firmware solved this, but mine is still in 2Gb mode, which is fine > since I've dedicated a half dozen 2Gb cards to the camera, and I'll never > need more. > > Henning Wulff > hjwulff at gmail.com > > > > >> On 2015-11-15, at 3:04 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information