[Leica] M8 problems

[geneduprey2015 at gmail.com]

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