Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/11/14

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Subject: [Leica] M8 problems
From: hlritter at bex.net (Howard Ritter)
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2015 23:06:52 -0500
References: <D2ED3979-9F61-4379-A3C5-F25105DD8A97@bex.net> <9C7F16A6-20C6-4311-ABF6-CB8C26F52F88@mac.com> <C378BB49-67DB-41E4-93D6-0EE61874EBDD@bex.net> <CA+yJO1AYcT0wy5-2sR+XtU=oBhAM+acVwAwm9LJjMSboAhhMzw@mail.gmail.com> <D7C7BC1C-590F-43CB-A5F3-1528B88A4857@gmail.com>

I did, but only long enough to stop the M8?s fruitless attempts to reformat 
the card. I?ll try leaving it out overnight.

?howard


> On Nov 14, 2015, at 5:57 PM, geneduprey2015 at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> Have you tried removing the battery then reinstalling it an the SD card?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Nov 14, 2015, at 12:42 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
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Tina Manley
>> http://
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Replies: Reply from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] M8 problems)
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Message from hlritter at bex.net (Howard Ritter) ([Leica] M8 problems)
Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] M8 problems)
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