k-hawinkler Posted August 2, 2011 Share #141 Posted August 2, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hiya mate, yes, here: http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/1766641-post247.htmlFrom the 'My M9 Is Eating Memory Cards' thread Oh right, I read it back there when you posted it. Thanks for the reminder. Believe it or not - the wheels of progress are churning, even if it's not visible at the surface, similar to a duck. Thanks, K-H. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 Hi k-hawinkler, Take a look here M9 locked up leading to a very important photo missed.. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Xmas Posted August 2, 2011 Share #142 Posted August 2, 2011 Just for the record, I have done everything by the book and still had lockups,by simply filling the buffer, not pressing play or any other buttons while red light is flashing and not using a Sandisk card. I followed all recommended advice from Leica support and still experienced problems. I should also note that Leica are now also recommending formatting the cards FAT32 in the computer and not in the camera for any UHS standard cards. Hi I'm sorry you are having problems. Did Leica say you could use a UHS card in the M9? My digcamera (not a M8 or M9) is restrictive about which cards can be used, my Palm PDAs ditto. My laptop unforgiving, unless you use voodoo techniques. Cards seem to be inventions of the devil. Noel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrubs Posted August 2, 2011 Share #143 Posted August 2, 2011 Hi I'm sorry you are having problems. Did Leica say you could use a UHS card in the M9? My digcamera (not a M8 or M9) is restrictive about which cards can be used, my Palm PDAs ditto. My laptop unforgiving, unless you use voodoo techniques. Cards seem to be inventions of the devil. Noel They did not say no or yes but recomended using slower cards, Not the newer faster ones - which I did after having problems with the Newer UHS ones. But had problems with them also, because they are apparently too slow or old. So it's about going for one in the middle I am guessing. How wide the goal posts are though is anyone's guess.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tappan Posted August 3, 2011 Author Share #144 Posted August 3, 2011 Hi Wiggly The O/P was using a borrowed card, dont think he formatted in camera, decided he needed to delete a frame in middle of time critical shoot for an exp error, and locked up the M9. Using a 3rd parties card, deleting before archiving, tusk tusk, founder member of cowboys are us. Did you ever do that? I not do that with my PC or Palm. Did your M8 lock up frequently? Noel I am the OP and as I stated a yesterday, this was a brand new card and yes I formatted in camera. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanG Posted August 3, 2011 Share #145 Posted August 3, 2011 I am the OP and as I stated a yesterday, this was a brand new card and yes I formatted in camera. Were you violating any of the Sabbath laws by chance? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Roberts Posted August 3, 2011 Share #146 Posted August 3, 2011 So Karl-Heinz, have you managed to induce an error on the UHS Panasonic cards yet? I've been trying to confuse my M9 into not working with various buffer filling and button-pushing, but no lock ups yet... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted August 3, 2011 Share #147 Posted August 3, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) So Karl-Heinz, have you managed to induce an error on the UHS Panasonic cards yet? I've been trying to confuse my M9 into not working with various buffer filling and button-pushing, but no lock ups yet... Hi Jamie, Please, see her http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/1788689-post125.html So far I have not been able to erase the card with zero overwrite from Mac via USB connected M9, using Disk Utility. The furthest I got was slightly less than 1 minute to go. However, I can shred the bits on the card with Drive Genius 3 on Mac all the way via USB with card in M9. No problem. Best, K-H. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
anupmc Posted August 3, 2011 Share #148 Posted August 3, 2011 K-H, with all due respect, while it may have been an interesting test to do once, I really don't understand why you would persist with doing a USB write test to the M9.... It's not representative of any real-world use of the camera at all! ... (you might as well be using the M9 to hammer a nail into the wall... it could do the job, but I'd imagine not very well ) Leica or Jenoptik doing that test to possibly identify something going wrong in firmware or hardware makes sense, but a general user such as yourself, what good do you hope to achieve with this test exactly? That it doesn't work?.... but you've already established that for your particular M9.. what else? maybe I'm missing something.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Roberts Posted August 3, 2011 Share #149 Posted August 3, 2011 {snipped}However, I can shred the bits on the card with Drive Genius 3 on Mac all the way via USB with card in M9. No problem. Best, K-H. Well, that again points to more variables in the testing method, and in the OS. I was actually more wondering if *when shooting the M9* you saw any difficulties with the card--not when trying to fill the card from a computer using the M9 as a disk.... More and more I suspect this is a mainly a Sandisk (or rebranded Sandisk) error. What I've been able to read around in the various "warnings" and so on only confirms that... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted August 3, 2011 Share #150 Posted August 3, 2011 Well, that again points to more variables in the testing method, and in the OS. I was actually more wondering if *when shooting the M9* you saw any difficulties with the card--not when trying to fill the card from a computer using the M9 as a disk.... More and more I suspect this is a mainly a Sandisk (or rebranded Sandisk) error. What I've been able to read around in the various "warnings" and so on only confirms that... Hi Jamie, I understand where you are coming from. Here is my standard set of parameters: Power switch set from OFF to: S Exposure wheel set to: A Menu Button items: Lens detection Off or Auto or Manual Advance Standard Self Timer Off Auto ISO Setup Lens dependant Sharpening Standard Colour Saturation Standard Contrast Standard Bracketing setup 5 / -/0+ / 0.5EV Exposure Comp Setup Set. Ring & Rel. But. Monitor Brightness Standard Histogram RGB Over / Underexposure Folder managem. Leica Auto review Duration Permanent, Histogram On Auto Power Off Off Flash Sync 1st Curtain Auto Slow Sync Lens Dependant Color Management sRGB DNG Setup Compressed Acoustic Signal Volume Off Keyclick Off SD card full Off Language English USB Connection Mass Storage Firmware 1.162 ISO Button Items: ISO 160 SET Button Items: White Balance Auto Compression DNG Resolution 18MP Exposure Comp. 0 EXP Bracketing Off With these settings and keeping my hands off any buttons and the wheel - when the red light is blinking - the M9 seems to be working pretty well with my memory cards, including some SanDisk cards. That's what I do when I go out taking pictures. However, if I fiddle around, especially with having set Compression DNG & JPG fine the M9 intermittently crashes. I have heard by now 1000 times user error. There is no point for anyone repeating this. I am just trying to answer Jamie's question and am not interested in arguing with anybody. I won't. Get a life! Several weeks ago folks stopped but repeating stale arguments. Best, K-H. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted August 3, 2011 Share #151 Posted August 3, 2011 Repeating stale experience is just a bad, IMHO Wait until Leica call for (y)our help with specific requirements. Anything else is just wasting your time. It won't be long before they ask. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted August 3, 2011 Share #152 Posted August 3, 2011 I am sorry, but I will continue to politely answer questions by folks like Jamie Roberts. I think in your case Moderator as a description is at a minimum questionable. K-H. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted August 3, 2011 Share #153 Posted August 3, 2011 Understood Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel Posted August 4, 2011 Share #154 Posted August 4, 2011 They did not say no or yes but recomended using slower cards, Not the newer faster ones - which I did after having problems with the Newer UHS ones. But had problems with them also, because they are apparently too slow or old. So it's about going for one in the middle I am guessing. How wide the goal posts are though is anyone's guess.. If your camera is having problems with all cards (sandisk, non-sandisk, class 4, class 6, etc.) then I would send it back for repair, that sounds like a motherboard issue. If some people, such as me, have had no problems ever (doesn't matter whether its uncompressed, compressed, etc. ) then perhaps there was a bad batch of M9s? Its possible .... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted August 4, 2011 Share #155 Posted August 4, 2011 The start of the process for the forum to help Leica is here http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-m9-sd-card-issues/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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