[Leica] M8 problems

[Howard Ritter]

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
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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>> 
>> -- 
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