algrove Posted September 19, 2014 Share #1 Posted September 19, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) As many of you are now familiar with my complaints about M240 lockups with View-permanent EVF in use LV in use focus peaking used here and there taking many shots for eventual stitching for landscapes I just spent a sunrise with my recently acquired M-P. I captured 385 images often in rapid succession over 45 minutes. The camera stopped two times for reasons I cannot know, but after turning off and then on again it was OK. Never had to remove the battery. I might have hit the 2GB buffer limit since one of these times it would take a shot every second on its own time. This is good news for me and perhaps others. I will now replace my other M240's. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CheshireCat Posted September 20, 2014 Share #2 Posted September 20, 2014 Technically, this is still a lockup, even if you didn't have to remove the battery. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
algrove Posted September 20, 2014 Author Share #3 Posted September 20, 2014 Follow up- Tonight I was using an M240 in cool weather and after about 15-20 shots, it froze up where the red light stayed on and battery removal was the only way I knew how to get it working again. So for me, this M-P is the best answer to my lockup problems. As far as it bogging down as I mentioned above two times, I frankly consider those situations a hick up while shooting many frames over a long period of time. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exodies Posted September 20, 2014 Share #4 Posted September 20, 2014 Can someone please go round to Algrove's house and watch how he does it. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheshireCat Posted September 20, 2014 Share #5 Posted September 20, 2014 it froze up Which SD card brand/model ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAD Posted September 20, 2014 Share #6 Posted September 20, 2014 I have very few lock ups with my M240 after formatting the SD card once. However I complemented my camera bag with a M6, and can report that this new (old) camera does not seem to have this lock up problem 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jip Posted September 20, 2014 Share #7 Posted September 20, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) In over a year have had not ONE lockup... check your SD card, make sure you format it, if it keeps happening go to Leica... if you have two bodies who lockup I can hardly believe it is the camera's... it must be something you are doing 'wrong' with the cards or something else. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted September 20, 2014 Share #8 Posted September 20, 2014 I never had any either. If you had them on more than one body I would suspect it is caused and not defect. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chuck Albertson Posted September 20, 2014 Popular Post Share #9 Posted September 20, 2014 I have very few lock ups with my M240 after formatting the SD card once. However I complemented my camera bag with a M6, and can report that this new (old) camera does not seem to have this lock up problem My M6 typically locks up after 38 exposures. Only solution is to open it up and pop in a fresh roll of film. 21 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfunnell Posted September 20, 2014 Share #10 Posted September 20, 2014 If you had them on more than one body I would suspect it is caused and not defect.It may be triggered by some user action, but it's still a defect. Seemingly of the nasty intermittent kind that's hard to pin down and may be due to hardware, or software, or more likely an unanticipated interaction between the two. If it were an easy problem to diagnose and resolve I suspect that would have happened by now. ...Mike 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
indergaard Posted September 20, 2014 Share #11 Posted September 20, 2014 What firmware version did the M-P ship with? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Ash Posted September 20, 2014 Share #12 Posted September 20, 2014 Have you tried how it does using sd cards formated with https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/ Regards, Steve 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
algrove Posted September 21, 2014 Author Share #13 Posted September 21, 2014 Which SD card brand/model ? 64GB Sandisk 95 mb/s 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
algrove Posted September 21, 2014 Author Share #14 Posted September 21, 2014 What firmware version did the M-P ship with? xxx.15 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
algrove Posted September 21, 2014 Author Share #15 Posted September 21, 2014 Have you tried how it does using sd cards formated with https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/ Regards, Steve No. I see no reason to have to resort to this. I have 4 other camera systems and none lockup nor do I have to format their SD cards in a special way. Had three pauses today, but no battery removal required again. I notice once I hit the buffer max it just stops shooting altogether. I just turn it off and on and it's ready again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheshireCat Posted September 21, 2014 Share #16 Posted September 21, 2014 https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/ I don't think that an external tool could format the card in "a better way" than the in-camera format tool. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
indergaard Posted September 21, 2014 Share #17 Posted September 21, 2014 I don't think that an external tool could format the card in "a better way" than the in-camera format tool. I regularely use that tool and do a full format, and have not had any lockups. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted September 21, 2014 Share #18 Posted September 21, 2014 I don't think that an external tool could format the card in "a better way" than the in-camera format tool. My tests on used empty cards show that formatting the latters with SD Formatter in the first place leads to the shortest startup times. No need to use SD Formatter afterwards unless the cam shows some signs of slowdown. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_tribble Posted September 21, 2014 Share #19 Posted September 21, 2014 I'd second the advice re SD Formatter - it transforms the M-240's start up time and reliability which ever card you use. My only recent experience of lockup happened a week or two back. It was DEFINITELY the battery at fault. I've had no problems with my three other batteries in use - only this one. I've since reset it (extended re-charge / discharge) but will not use for important jobs. New replacement to pick up next time I'm in London. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheshireCat Posted September 21, 2014 Share #20 Posted September 21, 2014 My tests on used empty cards show that formatting the latters with SD Formatter in the first place leads to the shortest startup times. No need to use SD Formatter afterwards unless the cam shows some signs of slowdown. Thanks, very Interesting data. With "bettery way" I was referring to reliability rather than speed, but the results you got are certainly worth a deeper investigation. No need to use SD Formatter afterwards unless the cam shows some signs of slowdown. How do you delete old files from the card after import ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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