fiddyyy Posted December 25, 2009 Share #1 Posted December 25, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi all! Merry Christmas!! I just bought my 1st Leica M8 3 days ago, also bought a LHSA 25th Anniversary 50mm f2 Summicron with it. Been having lots of fun learning, but this morning, the camera suddenly ceased to take pics, error message was to reset folder number. Don't quite know what that means...so I pull out SD card and insert back in again, it says SD card full. It is a 8GB card and I have only about 80 over pics on it with normal Jpeg settings. I then put in another 2GB SD card (with plently space in it!) from my E-P1 into the M8, it also shows SD card full. When I take out both cards from the M8 back into E-P1, it shows SD cards full too! I reformatted both cards in the E-P1 (I did transferred all pics from both cards last night!), both cards were then all free up. I could take pics on my E-P1 as per normal, but the moment I try both cards again in the M8, same thing happened again! Firmware on my M8 is 2.004, I presume that's the latest available. Anyone experience this problem before? Any help is greatly appreciated!! Best regards, Yu-Ying Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nicoleica Posted December 25, 2009 Share #2 Posted December 25, 2009 Hi, The first thing that I would suggest would be to format your cards in the camera you are going to use them in. Although, in theory, any card should work in any camera, in reality this does not always happen quite as one would hope for. (The M8 manual does state that you should re-format a card in the M8 if it has been formatted in any other device.) What was your last picture number before you received the first message? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
digibob Posted December 25, 2009 Share #3 Posted December 25, 2009 Hi, I had the same message (reset folder) but after 3 years of use,my numbers were up.I think an extra item appeared in the menu ,to reset folder.Has worked fine since.But you say it brand new? rob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted December 25, 2009 Share #4 Posted December 25, 2009 Yu-ying, Welcome to the forum! This sounds like the glitch that happened when firmware version 2.001(?) was released and when the M8's software was updated it automatically reset the file number to L9999001 (or thereabouts) and pretty soon the camera reached L9999999 and the error message you've posted popped up If it is this problem (and you can confirm by checking the last file number) then it's easily fixed by resetting the file number using the following procedure: 1. Set the Picture Number in the menu to "Standard". 2. Format the SD card in camera. 3. Reset the File Number in the menu. It actually says “Reset fold. No”, that is the one you want. 4. Set Picture Number back to "Continuous" 5. Take one image 6. Shut off camera, remove SD card and place in card reader attached to a computer. 7. Access the image in your Finder or Explorer (Mac or PC); rename the image number to whatever file number/image number you want. I would suggest Lyyyxxxx, with "y" being your preferred folder number (See Note Below) and "x" being the frame number you want to start with. (You are making these changes to the file name on the card in the card reader.) NOTE If you want to change the first or second digit of the L100 (Lyyy above) in the file name, like to L200 or 120 or 220, then you have to change the folder name also. The directory/folder structure on the card when in a card reader is [Drive Letter]:\DCIM\100LEICA\. You need to change the 100LEICA to whatever you want the file number to start with. Like if you want it to be L200xxxx then you need to rename that folder to 200LEICA. If you want L120 then you need to change that folder name to 120LEICA. It would look like this [Drive Letter]:\DCIM\120 or 200LEICA. 8. Properly remove card from card reader and return to camera. 9. Turn the camera on and press "Play". The file will now display with newly renamed folder and file number. (Use "Info" to see this data.) 10. Expose another image to confirm and check file numbers. 11. Format SD card, and you are good to go from that point on. (Thanks go to Shootist for this invaluable information.) Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddyyy Posted December 25, 2009 Author Share #5 Posted December 25, 2009 Yu-ying, Welcome to the forum! This sounds like the glitch that happened when firmware version 2.001(?) was released and when the M8's software was updated it automatically reset the file number to L9999001 (or thereabouts) and pretty soon the camera reached L9999999 and the error message you've posted popped up If it is this problem (and you can confirm by checking the last file number) then it's easily fixed by resetting the file number using the following procedure: 1. Set the Picture Number in the menu to "Standard". 2. Format the SD card in camera. 3. Reset the File Number in the menu. It actually says “Reset fold. No”, that is the one you want. 4. Set Picture Number back to "Continuous" 5. Take one image 6. Shut off camera, remove SD card and place in card reader attached to a computer. 7. Access the image in your Finder or Explorer (Mac or PC); rename the image number to whatever file number/image number you want. I would suggest Lyyyxxxx, with "y" being your preferred folder number (See Note Below) and "x" being the frame number you want to start with. (You are making these changes to the file name on the card in the card reader.) NOTE If you want to change the first or second digit of the L100 (Lyyy above) in the file name, like to L200 or 120 or 220, then you have to change the folder name also. The directory/folder structure on the card when in a card reader is [Drive Letter]:\DCIM\100LEICA\. You need to change the 100LEICA to whatever you want the file number to start with. Like if you want it to be L200xxxx then you need to rename that folder to 200LEICA. If you want L120 then you need to change that folder name to 120LEICA. It would look like this [Drive Letter]:\DCIM\120 or 200LEICA. 8. Properly remove card from card reader and return to camera. 9. Turn the camera on and press "Play". The file will now display with newly renamed folder and file number. (Use "Info" to see this data.) 10. Expose another image to confirm and check file numbers. 11. Format SD card, and you are good to go from that point on. (Thanks go to Shootist for this invaluable information.) Pete. Many thanks Pete!! I have followed your very clear steps and it worked!! Such a relief...I felt so helpless, not knowing what to do! Only owning this fantastic machine just 3 days and have enjoyed every click I made and was so addicted to it! When this thing happened, I felt so handicapped not able to snap away with my new toy, so poisonous!! But I'm happy snapper! Cheers and happy holidays to all! Thanks for all the replys!! Best, Yu-Ying Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted December 25, 2009 Share #6 Posted December 25, 2009 Yu-ying, I'm very pleased to hear that it solved your problem. When you feel ready we'd love to see some of your shots in the Photo Forums! Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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