Exposure counter display on M8.2

[MikeMyers]

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I didn't see where this has been entered before.

 

I've got an M8.2, and purchased a large capacity memory card.

The camera's counter for how many photos I can still take reads 999.

 

I'm guessing I simply purchased too large a card - reading 999 forever isn't very useful to me.

 

Is there any way to get more information on the display, or do I just buy another card, not quite so big?

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[giordano]

Just keep snapping. Eventually the display will show 998, then 997...

 

If the uncertainty is more than you can bear, you need either a different camera or a psychotherapist.

[MikeMyers]

Just keep snapping. Eventually the display will show 998, then 997...

 

If the uncertainty is more than you can bear, you need either a different camera or a psychotherapist.

 

Thanks for your lovely advice. I was hoping someone might have been able to tell me that by doing something-or-other I could have changed the display to something more useful.

[Nicoleica]

Unfortunately, by using a card with a capacity in excess of 999 pictures. you have exceeded the limits of the counter. It's only a 3 digit display. If you are using DNG+JPEG, then it shouldn't take too long to bring the counter back to reality. Unless of course you have put a truly massive card inside. I personally never used cards larger than 8GB in my M8, as besides the '999' issue, there's always the risk of loosing a lot more pictures if the card should fail.

[MikeMyers]

Unfortunately, by using a card with a capacity in excess of 999 pictures. you have exceeded the limits of the counter. It's only a 3 digit display. If you are using DNG+JPEG, then it shouldn't take too long to bring the counter back to reality. Unless of course you have put a truly massive card inside. I personally never used cards larger than 8GB in my M8, as besides the '999' issue, there's always the risk of loosing a lot more pictures if the card should fail.

 

Nicoleica, I bought an 8-gig card, not so much because I plan to fill it up (I never filled up my 1-gig card), but mainly just to have the extra space "just in case". To me, it's cheap insurance - usually not needed, but wonderful to have when/if needed.

 

This isn't really a "problem"; it's more of my just wanting to have things working, and something stuck on 999 from now on, forever, is annoying. I wish I thought of that before I bought the card, but it's not a major issue.

 

I'm curious as to how many "jpg/dng" images an 8 gig card can hold, and how long before the 999 starts to drop.

 

8 gigs = 8 000 000 k

1 dng image = 10 000k

therefore, an 8 gig card should hold 800 images...

 

Checking my remaining images ------ 731.

Problem fixed!

 

 

Thanks for the advice. One more reason I should leave my camera in 'dng' mode all the time. :-)

[stunsworth]

If you are using an 8 gig card and see 999 as the remaining file counter I suspect you're shooting Jpeg rather than DNG. From memory my M9 shows 754 when shooting DNG.

[trs]

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I suspect same as Steve. You can temporarily switch to DNG+JPG, fire couple of shots, the counter should change back down.

 

There is an issue if you were shooting JPG and switch to other mode, the counter still does not update until you actually fire one frame.

[Pintpot]

I personally never used cards larger than 8GB in my M8, as besides the '999' issue, there's always the risk of loosing a lot more pictures if the card should fail.

 

+1 On that

I've never had a card fail on me yet with any of my digtal cameras............However

the day one fails it will be on that lifetime holiday or photoshoot when you are in the middle of nowhare! I therefore use 2 or max. 4GBGB cards. And remember on an M8 / 8.2 a 2GB card will hold 187 RAW files, equivalent to 5.2 36exp 35mm films

 

It's better to use more, smaller cards, and this applies to any camera not just Leica!

 

Cheers

Tony

[lanetomlane]

I have two of the 8G cards and shoot only DNG on an M8. I seem to recall I get something like the mid seven hundreds. It certainly has never shown 999 and therefore I would suspect you are shooting jpeg.

 

I actually prefer using 2G cards and only bought the larger ones for a recent trip to China.

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[MikeMyers]

Sorry, I didn't explain things properly. Yes, I was shooting 'jpg', but I didn't realize at first that the counter had this limitation.

 

Since then I've switched to 'dng' + 'jpg'. I can decide later which I want to use.

 

 

 

 

I agree completely about not having too many images on one card, but I don't like the solution posted here. For me, it just means switching cards long before they are filled up. I get the same end result, but yeah, it's a bit more expensive.

 

To me, the larger cards are "cheap insurance". I'd rather have more card space than I need, not less, and if something unplanned on happens, I'll always have all that leftover free space "just in case".

 

Compared to everything else, the cost of the cards is negligible.