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Easily mistaken. Still, on the bright side, 16s are cheap and you can get an awful lot of Leica M9 files on them!

 

And until this 64gb experiment, 16 is all I use.

 

Do any digital Leica's accept 64gb?

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And until this 64gb experiment, 16 is all I use.

 

Do any digital Leica's accept 64gb?

I can't say. My M9 uses 32s, but I just discovered that because I had some 32s. Actually I use 64 (both CF and SD) in a Nikon D810, but the 18 megapixel M9 doesn't fill cards up to quickly the way I use it. Now the Nikon D810 on the other hand...

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I can't say. My M9 uses 32s, but I just discovered that because I had some 32s. Actually I use 64 (both CF and SD) in a Nikon D810, but the 18 megapixel M9 doesn't fill cards up to quickly the way I use it. Now the Nikon D810 on the other hand...

 

I'm not smart enough to know why Leica has a limit to less than 64mb. I can live their with their decision, but I'm a curious person. What in their hardware and firmware requires such a limit? Word size? Concerns about card failure? Just plain good sense?

 

OTOH, along with several contributors here I agree that several small SDcards is more rational than one big one that can wipe out month's work.

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I'm not smart enough to know why Leica has a limit to less than 64mb. ....

 

The Wikipedia says this about SDXC cards:

On March 6, 2009, Pretec introduced the first SDXC card,[60] a 32 GB card with a read/write speed of 400 Mbit/s. But only early in 2010 did compatible host devices come onto the market

 

The M9 was launched 2009/09. I don't think there was enough time for Leica to implement the new format. 

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Leica M9, firmware 1.210

 

SanDisk Extreme Pro

64GB is not recognized.

 

Silly me for buying it.

Do not do the same :(

You are not alone! I bought 64G and then bought another 32G.......It seems M9 cannot support SDXC (only SD and SDHC are supported).

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Leica M9, firmware 1.210

 

SanDisk Extreme Pro

64GB is not recognized.

 

Silly me for buying it.

Do not do the same :(

 

Yes. The Leica M8 and M9 will take SD and SDHC cards only, so 32 GB is the maximum they can handle.

 

Leica M (Typ 240), M10, TL, SL, and Q will happily accept SD, SDHC, and SDXC cards, so 64 GB (and more) is no problem in these models.

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