[Leica] SD Card for M Mono Type 1

[Wayne Torry]

If you dig around the Internet I have seen older slower 32 GB cards. I
would start digging at B&H.
I may actually have a few of the slower cards left over from older point
and shoot cameras.
Good luck!
Wayne

On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 11:01 AM Lew Schwartz via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> The MM1 tech sheet states the max size is 32gb and Leica recommends slower
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> cards. These cards have failed in the MM1, but not other cameras.
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> -Lew Schwartz
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> On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 1:24 PM Frank Filippone via LUG <
> lug at leica-users.org>
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> wrote:
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> > Something is corrupted on your card.  (DUH!)
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> >
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> > Remove card from camera and format it on a computer..... you need to
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> > format it in FAT32...... NOT NTFS!!!
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> > Then try it again in your camera, formatting it IN CAMERA first.....
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> > That SHOULD work.....
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> > If not, throw out card..... do not use it for anything..... If it works,
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> > throw out card, it has had one fault, and another is right around the
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> > corner...THROW IT OUT.
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> > Conclusion is that once a card fails once, get rid of it!!  They are not
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> > costly enough to take a chance on.
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> > I use Sandisk Extreme Plus cards.  I have 16,32,64,128 and 256GB cards.
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> > They all work in my MM and M9.  ( and M240 and Nikon D7100, Sony A7,
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> > A7ii, and A7rii, and in an adapter for use in my Leaf Hassy back).
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> > Amazon has 64GB cards for $20 each..... They are the 100% dependable
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> > option.  And cheap.  Speed is 95 or 170 mbps.   Makes no
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> > difference.....  The noted speed is the READ speed.  Write speeds are
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> > 95MBPS or higher.....  Get the AMAZON supplied cards, not someone else
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> > as the seller.... ( I could go into detail, but will not. )
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> > Note: In the old days, the cameras were designed "wrongly" and therefore
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> > the speed of the card was critical.  The cards too were designed to work
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> > "wrongly".  All that is now standardized.
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> > On 8/26/2020 5:24 PM, Lew Schwartz via LUG wrote:
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> > > I can't get my MM1 started with the same card I stored it away with and
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> > > l-forum is telling me that good cards are brand and spec specific. I am
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> > > asking for the brand & spec of cards that the lug has used & feel are
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> > 100%
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> > > reliable.
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> > > Here's what I've cobbled together on the spec so far. I doubt if anyone
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> > is
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> > > making these any more.
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> > > SDHC UHS I 16gb speed <30MB/s (yes, less than).
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> > > -Lew Schwartz
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> > *Frank Filippone*
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