Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/11/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I thought about doing that, Tina, but since the M240 reads the M8?s card while the M8 didn't, it didn?t seem likely to work. But if your experience suggests otherwise, I?ll try that. Thanks. ?howard > On Nov 14, 2015, at 1:42 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > > I would try different cards. My cards don't like to be switched between > cameras. Get a new, unused one and try that. It would be cheaper than > sending the camera off! > > Tina > > On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 1:08 PM, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote: > >> I think it?s a card I?ve used before in the M8. In any case, the M8 reads >> the M240?s card just fine. >> >> ?howard >> >> >>> On Nov 14, 2015, at 11:00 AM, chris williams <zoeica at mac.com> wrote: >>> >>> I'm guessing you've tried a new or different card? My M8 never liked >> cards that my M9 used. >>> >>> >>> >>> Chris Williams >>> www.zoeicaimages.net >>> 504-231-6261 >>> >>> >>>> On Nov 14, 2015, at 10:39 AM, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> When I turn my M8 on, the first thing I see is the message: ?SD-Card >> full?. But it isn?t, not nearly. When I push the PLAY button, it tells me: >> ?No valid image to play?. But there are images. (The card is read >> normally, >> and its images displayed, by the M240.) When I press the M8?s MENU button, >> the menu is displayed normally. But when I select Format SD-Card, it will >> not reformat the card?it doesn?t progress beyond the ?Do you want to >> format >> the SD-Card?? screen when I push the Yes button. All that happens is the >> red light flashes rapidly. I have to remove the battery to get out. >>>> >>>> Reformatting the same card in the M240 proceeds normally, but the >> situation is the same when it?s put back into the M8, and the M8 gives the >> same notices when I try the M240?s SD card in it. >>>> >>>> When I try to install the current firmware update that?s been >> downloaded onto the SD card, again the M8 reports ?SD-Card full?. >>>> >>>> (By the way, all you M8 users: Contrary to Leica?s online instructions, >> the M8 firmware update file is NOT a .zip file, and does not need to be >> decompressed into a .upd file that gets put onto your SD card. It?s >> already >> a .upd file and only needs to be downloaded and transferred in its native >> state to your SD card. (Sorry if this is common knowledge that?s already >> been shared, but I haven?t updated my M8 in years.) The instructions for >> the M240 are different, and the update file for it is a .fw file that >> likewise isn?t a compressed file, or at least not one that needs >> decompressing by the user.) >>>> >>>> Any solution short of sending it on a trip to NJ? >>>> >>>> ?howard >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Tina Manley > http:// > <http://t.sidekickopen28.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XYgfmKYPW4WzBHl3Mx_9dW3LqWkM56dQ1Jf7P8b5b02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftina-manley.artistwebsites.com%2F&si=6038418186567680&pi=74c89da9-dfbb-47e0-dd7e-edf4e5cb2971> > www.tinamanley.com > http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information