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

[abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)]

I have had this experience. I formatted the card in my laptop and then
inserted it into the camera. At that time it let me format it and I
was off. That is the only time it has happened. Hope this helps.

Adam

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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