erudolph Posted June 4, 2014 Share #1 Posted June 4, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) The title says it all: the memory card will not eject from this M240. Thoughts? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GlennB Posted June 4, 2014 Share #2 Posted June 4, 2014 Is it possible the card was put in the wrong way? Leica seems to be the only manufacturer I've come across where you put the card in with the contacts facing up, so one needs to be mindful of this. Normally the card will resist going in the wrong way, however. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erudolph Posted June 4, 2014 Author Share #3 Posted June 4, 2014 No, the card is in correctly and is storing images just fine. Just will not eject. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennB Posted June 4, 2014 Share #4 Posted June 4, 2014 I guess I would call Leica service and get their advice on how to proceed. Good luck with your problem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erudolph Posted June 4, 2014 Author Share #5 Posted June 4, 2014 Thanks Glen. I'll be calling Allendale tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
helohe Posted June 4, 2014 Share #6 Posted June 4, 2014 is it a eyefi card or a non brand card? I heard that they can damage the slot of the card (at least in M9 cameras) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erudolph Posted June 4, 2014 Author Share #7 Posted June 4, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) It's a Lexar 16 gb card. Off to Allendale today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted June 4, 2014 Share #8 Posted June 4, 2014 The title says it all: the memory card will not eject from this M240. Thoughts? Pliers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chounws Posted June 6, 2014 Share #9 Posted June 6, 2014 It's a Lexar 16 gb card. Off to Allendale today. Please post updated situation, thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erudolph Posted June 6, 2014 Author Share #10 Posted June 6, 2014 Will do, chounws Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted June 6, 2014 Share #11 Posted June 6, 2014 I’m with Pico. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocalHero1953 Posted June 6, 2014 Share #12 Posted June 6, 2014 But you may need some fine work with a power drill first to create space for the plier tips. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey bilek Posted June 6, 2014 Share #13 Posted June 6, 2014 Why I use the USB port on the M8 & 9. Put the card in the camera and leave it there. 99% will not like this, but so be it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravastar Posted June 6, 2014 Share #14 Posted June 6, 2014 I wish I'd seen this earlier so you wouldn't have to send the camera away. If you haven't got a suitable pair of flat nosed pliers .... This is how you remove a stuck card: You need a piece of thin card cut so that it can be inserted into the gap between the card and the back of the camera. You will also need a few cms of single sided adhesive tape cut so that it's a little narrower than the width of a card. With the adhesive side of the tape facing the card carefully insert 1-2 cms of the tape into the gap between the SD card and the back of the camera. Holding the tape in place now insert the card into the gap between the back of the tape and the camera. This presses the adhesive tape onto the SD card. Remove the cardboard and carefully pull on the tape to remove the SD card. I've tried this - and it works without having to use the eject mechanism. Of course if the eject mechanism is broken rather than the card being stuck then you will ultimately have to send the camera for repair. Bob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erudolph Posted June 6, 2014 Author Share #15 Posted June 6, 2014 This is the third time I've tried to write this email. We've lost power for several minutes twice in the last half hour! Thanks for your suggestions. I hit myself in the forehead after reading Pico's. By that time, though, the body was packed and ready to ship. It already had one very minor issue - the body occasionally not recognizing 6-bit coding - Carmen Vargas told me there is a fix for that - that I hadn't wanted to send it in for, since it rarely occurred. Roxana at Allendale tells me that they can have the body back to me reasonably quickly, I'm traveling overseas in a few weeks, and I didn't want to chance this happening again then. That said - pliers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo63 Posted June 6, 2014 Share #16 Posted June 6, 2014 I wish I'd seen this earlier so you wouldn't have to send the camera away. If you haven't got a suitable pair of flat nosed pliers .... This is how you remove a stuck card: You need a piece of thin card cut so that it can be inserted into the gap between the card and the back of the camera. You will also need a few cms of single sided adhesive tape cut so that it's a little narrower than the width of a card. With the adhesive side of the tape facing the card carefully insert 1-2 cms of the tape into the gap between the SD card and the back of the camera. Holding the tape in place now insert the card into the gap between the back of the tape and the camera. This presses the adhesive tape onto the SD card. Remove the cardboard and carefully pull on the tape to remove the SD card. I've tried this - and it works without having to use the eject mechanism. Of course if the eject mechanism is broken rather than the card being stuck then you will ultimately have to send the camera for repair. Bob. I only just saw this thread - but this technique is exactly what i used to use back when i was fixing cameras, especially removing stuck batteries. you really don't need much area stuck down, as you are pulling it in "shear" not peeling it off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Thompson Posted June 6, 2014 Share #17 Posted June 6, 2014 Just checked my camera. The SD card can be pulled out with thumb and forefinger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erudolph Posted June 6, 2014 Author Share #18 Posted June 6, 2014 Just checked my camera. The SD card can be pulled out with thumb and forefinger. I tried that. Didn't work with my jammed card. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted June 6, 2014 Share #19 Posted June 6, 2014 I once had an SD card that wasn't ejecting normally. With a little brute force I managed to pull it out and noticed that one of the thin plastic ribs that separate the contacts on the card had become detached on one end and had presumably been sticking out and preventing the card from ejecting. Might be similar in this case? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted June 6, 2014 Share #20 Posted June 6, 2014 The plastic casing can also split, causing a jam. Brute force works in that case. I would not hesitate to pull it out by force with this problem. If the slot is the culprit it will have to be replaced anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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