[Leica] Have any of you had this happen with the M8?

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On 3/16/07, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote:
> I found the Transcend 150X card on Amazon.com. Everyone seems to have good
> luck with them, so I'll order a few. At that price, if they don't work in
> the Leica, I have a few other digitals that can use them. Thanks again!!
>
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
> http://400tx.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Leonard
> Taupier
> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 8:04 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Have any of you had this happen with the M8?
>
>
> Jeffery,
>
> I have an Ultra II 2G that works in my M8 but not in my card reader.
> I changed readers and now everything is fine. I think Howard had a
> problem with the Ultra II 2G card.
>
> I have a Extreme III 2G that worked for 2 days. Then one time my M8
> says it is full when I know it isn't. When I try to format it in the
> camera the light just blinks forever. Also my card reader can't
> recognize it.
>
> I'm now using an inexpensive 150X Transend card. Works like a champ.
> I'm going to send the Extreme III back to SanDisk. I don't think
> Leica's approved list means anything.
>
> Len
>
>
> On Mar 16, 2007, at 8:26 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote:
>
> > I've tried Panasonic 2gb, Sandisk Ultra II 2gb, and Sandisk Ultra
> > II 4gb
> > (the one I bought to use with the M8). None of them work.
> >
> > Jeffery Smith
> > New Orleans, LA
> > http://www.400tx.com
> > http://400tx.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
> > [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> > mehrdad
> > Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 7:15 PM
> > To: Leica Users Group
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Have any of you had this happen with the M8?
> >
> >
> > Jeffery, what kind of sd card are u trying to use?
> >
> > i use the transced regular 4gig @ under 50usd and works good
> >
> > On 3/16/07, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote:
> >> I've had the M8 for 30 hours now and still have yet to take a frame.
> >> When I put an SD card in, the LCD says that it is full. When I have
> >> the M8 "format" it, a red LED blinks for about 20 minutes before I
> >> give up. I format the SD card in another camera and put it in the M8
> >> only to get the same "card is full" message. I went to the Leica page
> >> that is supposed to tell me which SD cards are compatible:
> >> http://www.leica-camera.com/photography/m_system/m8
> >> only to get an error message that the page cannot be found.
> >> I have gone through all of my SD cards. The last one gave me a "535"
> >> on the top LCD, which I assume meant that I had 535 images available
> >> on the card. However, I got a phone call and turned the camera off.
> >> When I turned it back on 20 minutes later, the top LCD had a "0" and
> >> the back LCD said "card is full".
> >>
> >> This is a real nightmare. Does anyone know where I can get to a list
> >> of compatible SD cards?
> >>
> >> Jeffery Smith
> >> New Orleans, LA
> >> http://www.400tx.com
> >> http://400tx.blogspot.com/
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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