t024484 Posted July 19, 2011 Share #381 Posted July 19, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) It has been suggested before but with no response so far. So here is my question: Is there anybody having trouble with SD cards in the M camera reading them exlusively with a Windows PC. If it turns out that only Mac users are having trouble, it will narrow down the search for a cause. Hans Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dwbell Posted July 19, 2011 Share #382 Posted July 19, 2011 Mac here - had trouble. (May try locking before reading off as Jaapv suggests) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted July 19, 2011 Share #383 Posted July 19, 2011 I have seen spotlight files being written to SD cards; trouble I guess. I never tested such a card in the camera without reformat, so I cannot say for sure. I am on Mac but I a: Always lock my card b: Use Imageingester pro to download Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trond Posted July 19, 2011 Share #384 Posted July 19, 2011 I´m a Mac user also, but I have never had any card problems on M9 or M8. I am using a SanDisk SDHC card reader that came with one of my cards. Yesterday, I even went out and bought a SanDisk 16GB Extreme PRO 45MB/s card, claimed to be problematic. As much as I have tried, shooting, zooming and panning, filling the buffer several times, I am not able to get the card or the M9 to fail a single time! I always format the card in the M9 after each use, and I thing that is an important insurance against card problems! Best regards Trond Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwbell Posted July 19, 2011 Share #385 Posted July 19, 2011 Thinking out loud here and, at the risk of upsetting voodoo theory users, it could be something like putting the card into the reader (unlocked) pulling off one or a couple of images (not the whole lot) and then putting the card back into the camera and not formatting because you will later d/l all files in one go. This sort of behaviour would produce "intermittent" problems and I have done that very rarely when someone wants a single shot but you haven't been through your workflow back at base yet for example. I will lock the card from now on anyway as it's no extra hassle and would eliminate any possible effect of PC's / Macs writing files to the card. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted July 19, 2011 Share #386 Posted July 19, 2011 Why not download your images with a USB cable? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwbell Posted July 19, 2011 Share #387 Posted July 19, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Can't be bothered with the cable / fiddling with the cover on the M9 and it's slower (I think). I have a thumb sized USB reader which goes in the bag, a cable is a faff. Do you think it would prevent writing eg spotlight files onto the card? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodrog Posted July 19, 2011 Share #388 Posted July 19, 2011 Mac here - had trouble. (May try locking before reading off as Jaapv suggests) The problem's nothing to do with a Mac. The freezing has only happened in camera, a few times, soon after I started using it and only after having deleted a few images from a card containing perhaps less than a hundred pictures. I've since avoided deleting anything in camera and the problem hasn't recurred. I'm sticking to that policy, regardless of firmware updates, hearsay or supposedly cast-iron advice to the contrary. Maybe my camera does have another problem. I don't trust it one hundred per cent, but my fingers are crossed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted July 19, 2011 Share #389 Posted July 19, 2011 Can't be bothered with the cable / fiddling with the cover on the M9 and it's slower (I think).I have a thumb sized USB reader which goes in the bag, a cable is a faff. Do you think it would prevent writing eg spotlight files onto the card? Interesting question. I will investigate and let you know when I am finished. K-H. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrubs Posted July 20, 2011 Share #390 Posted July 20, 2011 Well I had more problems today - using a small generic 4GB card which came free with M9 from the dealer, since Leica advised against using modern fast ones. Was using DNG + Fine JPG mode, as usual. Spotted an absolute killer shot I wanted to nail. Fired off 4 shots - Not very fast, maybe once every 2 seconds on last shot the camera would not shoot another and the red buffer light just constantly flashed, 10 mins later still flashing, would not fire. Had to turn camera back off and on a again. Missed the exact shot I wanted and was gutted... Since then the card is now behaving abnormally slow to write to. I am now worried of shooting anything quickly even though I was no where near machine gunning. This is really beginning to piss me off now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelduck Posted July 20, 2011 Share #391 Posted July 20, 2011 Well I had more problems today - using a small generic 4GB card which came freewith M9 from the dealer, since Leica advised against using modern fast ones. Was using DNG + Fine JPG mode, as usual. Spotted an absolute killer shot I wanted to nail. Fired off 4 shots - Not very fast, maybe once every 2 seconds on last shot the camera would not shoot another and the red buffer light just constantly flashed, 10 mins later still flashing, would not fire. Had to turn camera back off and on a again. Missed the exact shot I wanted and was gutted... Since then the card is now behaving abnormally slow to write to. I am now worried of shooting anything quickly even though I was no where near machine gunning. This is really beginning to piss me off now. Yes, that is the same behavior that I had two days ago in I Tivoli with my kids.... So it does not need to have the play button pushed to crash.. Just taking pictures is enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrubs Posted July 20, 2011 Share #392 Posted July 20, 2011 Yes, that is the same behavior that I had two days ago in I Tivoli with my kids.... So it does not need to have the play button pushed to crash.. Just taking pictures is enough. Yes Steelduck, I can definitely confirm that no play button was pressed when this happened. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted July 20, 2011 Share #393 Posted July 20, 2011 Well I had more problems today - using a small generic 4GB card which came free with M9 from the dealer, since Leica advised against using modern fast ones. Was using DNG + Fine JPG mode, as usual. Spotted an absolute killer shot I wanted to nail. Fired off 4 shots - Not very fast, maybe once every 2 seconds on last shot the camera would not shoot another and the red buffer light just constantly flashed, 10 mins later still flashing, would not fire. Had to turn camera back off and on a again. Missed the exact shot I wanted and was gutted... Since then the card is now behaving abnormally slow to write to. I am now worried of shooting anything quickly even though I was no where near machine gunning. This is really beginning to piss me off now. What is going to convince you your camera is broken? Leave the card as is in the camera, write down what happened and send it in for repair. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted July 20, 2011 Share #394 Posted July 20, 2011 Yes, that is the same behavior that I had two days ago in I Tivoli with my kids.... So it does not need to have the play button pushed to crash.. Just taking pictures is enough. See above. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelduck Posted July 20, 2011 Share #395 Posted July 20, 2011 What is going to convince you your camera is broken? Leave the card as is in the camera, write down what happened and send it in for repair. I opened a ticket 2 weeks ago. One week ago I recieved a email telling me to reload the firmware. I did that, it did not help. I made the video and sent it to them in a reply that it did not help and I have not heard from Leica since. Any tips how to expedite this process of getting the camera fixed? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted July 20, 2011 Share #396 Posted July 20, 2011 Pick up a telephone and call them.....Or just drop off the camera at the post office or your dealer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted July 20, 2011 Share #397 Posted July 20, 2011 Can't be bothered with the cable / fiddling with the cover on the M9 and it's slower (I think).I have a thumb sized USB reader which goes in the bag, a cable is a faff. Do you think it would prevent writing eg spotlight files onto the card? That depends: • case 1: Using USB connection Mass storage: No, it wouldn't • case 2: Using USB connection PTP: I don't know for sure. It probably would, different protocol, doesn't mount file system. Best, K-H. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted July 20, 2011 Share #398 Posted July 20, 2011 I would like to point out that nearly all experts have counselled against using the USB connection from the very beginning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shard Posted July 20, 2011 Share #399 Posted July 20, 2011 Not sure if this is the right place to post this but a problem I have experienced with a memory card is when I had less than 50 pics on it and it said it was full. This is a 32GB Sandisk Extreme. Yes I know, I don't need a 32GB card. Anyway, turns out the problem was with the way I deleted the files. I will insert the card into my computer (Mac), copy the files and then delete them using my computer. Apparently the files were not being deleted properly or were still being seen by the M9 as present. A quick in camera format fixed that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted July 20, 2011 Share #400 Posted July 20, 2011 It has been said so many times before - Don't do ANYTHING with your card in your computer except download unless there is a good reason. Habitually LOCK the card before downloading. Use a CARDREADER, not usb. Format the card or delete files only on your camera. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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