Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/02/05

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Subject: [Leica] M9 not writing files
From: john at chiaroscuro.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 10:04:55 +1300
References: <002501cbc514$b26dcff0$17496fd0$@co.nz> <AANLkTim78dP01-YkdpcvZJj5bva1PwmuX-LrmiFK6HMt@mail.gmail.com> <80F9701439F20347874CE5E4E03C22E902BF2C@WhizzMAIL01.whizz.org> <00b901cbc544$b272b120$17581360$@earthlink.net> <82A98D4B-764D-4E60-810D-46842D87728F@panix.com>

This was with a 200x card and I do not shoot like I have a motordrive ;-) It
was 24 shots in 10 minutes which failed.

john

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> This used to happen with my M8 especially shooting sequences with
> slower cards like 4x. Much less with 6x and hardly at all with m9--
> perhaps it's  buffer is bigger?
> 
> -rei
> 
> Ridgewood, NJ
> via iPhone
> 
> On Feb 5, 2011, at 9:55 AM, "Frank Filippone" <red735i at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > Regardless, sounds like what happened to me and my M8..... buy a new
> card
> > and use it.  Throw out old card, or return to vendor for warranty
> > replacement..
> >
> > Flaky cards are not unheard of.  Living with a flaky card is not
> worth the
> > price of  a new card.
> >
> >
> > Frank Filippone
> > Red735i at earthlink.net
> >
> >
> >
> > Card has only been used in the M9, never formatted by computer and is
> less
> > than 6 months old....
> >
> > john
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Could be the card is dying. Always format the card with the camera,
> >> but they do "wear out" after a while.
> >>
> >
> >




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