[Leica] M8 problems

[Sonny Carter]

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
>> 
>> 
>> 
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