[Leica] SD Card for M Mono Type 1

[Lew Schwartz]

The MM1 tech sheet states the max size is 32gb and Leica recommends slower
cards. These cards have failed in the MM1, but not other cameras.

-Lew Schwartz


On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 1:24 PM Frank Filippone via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> Something is corrupted on your card.  (DUH!)
>
> Remove card from camera and format it on a computer..... you need to
> format it in FAT32...... NOT NTFS!!!
>
> Then try it again in your camera, formatting it IN CAMERA first.....
> That SHOULD work.....
>
> If not, throw out card..... do not use it for anything..... If it works,
> throw out card, it has had one fault, and another is right around the
> corner...THROW IT OUT.
>
> Conclusion is that once a card fails once, get rid of it!!  They are not
> costly enough to take a chance on.
>
> I use Sandisk Extreme Plus cards.  I have 16,32,64,128 and 256GB cards.
> They all work in my MM and M9.  ( and M240 and Nikon D7100, Sony A7,
> A7ii, and A7rii, and in an adapter for use in my Leaf Hassy back).
>
> Amazon has 64GB cards for $20 each..... They are the 100% dependable
> option.  And cheap.  Speed is 95 or 170 mbps.   Makes no
> difference.....  The noted speed is the READ speed.  Write speeds are
> 95MBPS or higher.....  Get the AMAZON supplied cards, not someone else
> as the seller.... ( I could go into detail, but will not. )
>
> Note: In the old days, the cameras were designed "wrongly" and therefore
> the speed of the card was critical.  The cards too were designed to work
> "wrongly".  All that is now standardized.
>
> On 8/26/2020 5:24 PM, Lew Schwartz via LUG wrote:
> > I can't get my MM1 started with the same card I stored it away with and
> > l-forum is telling me that good cards are brand and spec specific. I am
> > asking for the brand & spec of cards that the lug has used & feel are
> 100%
> > reliable.
> > Here's what I've cobbled together on the spec so far. I doubt if anyone
> is
> > making these any more.
> >
> > SDHC UHS I 16gb speed <30MB/s (yes, less than).
> >
> > -Lew Schwartz
> >
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>
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