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images of possible cards discussed in this thread ...

 

 

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Im using a Sandisk 90mb/s 16GB gold SD card with no apparent issues on my M9.  I see that all the other cards are 45mb/s.  Am i using the wrong card?  I tried it on my M3, the camera didn't recognize

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I had a lot of problems with SD cards and the M9 with pattern noise and banding.   Then I discovered Transcend 32GB Class 10 and all my problems vanished.   That is the only card I could personall

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There's been a lot of discussion on the forum about M9 SD cards and card problems over the years. I think the general conclusion has been that the M9 doesn't benefit from the higher speeds of newer ca

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antigallican

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Others may disagree but I've come to the conclusion I really don't think the M9 is fast enough for these differences to matter. I have a mixture - usually use extreme but I seem to have no problems with generic cards.

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Others may disagree but I've come to the conclusion I really don't think the M9 is fast enough for these differences to matter. I have a mixture - usually use extreme but I seem to have no problems with generic cards.

you'd be surprised, many cards will not allow you to shoot through a 7 frame uncompressed DNG burst cycle ... they get the hickups at frame two

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Hi Go FIgure,

Yes I was surprised. I have a variety of 16 Gb cards collected over the years and it performs the same (poorly, frankly) with all. I don't mind - rapid fire photography isn't what I bought it for.

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could you guys pls verify your information,

 

I have a feeling there might be a mix up?

 

Sandisk Ultra = 40mb/s

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Sandisk Extreme = 45mb/s

 

so which ocard are you guys talking about ... an yes an image of the card would indeed clarify it for all of us here - thx ! ... Go Figure

 

 

I have been using the Sandisk Extreme 45mb/s card without a problem.

 

But mine is black-and-red in colour.

 

Sorry for the mix up.

 

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After using my 16Gb Sandisk SD-card on my M10, my M9 didn’t recognize it anymore. I did something on my iMac with it in terms of clearing titles, not formatting. My M9 didn’t accept this either. When I loaded it into my SL, she asked if I wanted to format. I said, yes I’d love it if you format me; it’s an EXTREME btw. After that the M9 recognized the card again and I put my 32Gb SD-card in the SL.

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After using my 16Gb Sandisk SD-card on my M10, my M9 didn’t recognize it anymore. I did something on my iMac with it in terms of clearing titles, not formatting. My M9 didn’t accept this either. When I loaded it into my SL, she asked if I wanted to format. I said, yes I’d love it if you format me; it’s an EXTREME btw. After that the M9 recognized the card again and I put my 32Gb SD-card in the SL.

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I wait until a card is nearly full, and then I download all images to an external drive and to the computer. Then I format the card in the camera. I may have 20 cards in a small case that I take with me in the camera bag.

 

Thank you Raid.

there seems to be this debate regarding best practice.

A. deleting of files in camera - without subsequent formatting in camera

B. deleting of files in camera + with subsequent formatting in camera

C. Formatting in camera only

D. Formatting in SD Formatter

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Thank you Raid.

there seems to be this debate regarding best practice.

A. deleting of files in camera - without subsequent formatting in camera

B. deleting of files in camera + with subsequent formatting in camera

C. Formatting in camera only

D. Formatting in SD Formatter

 

 

There seem to exist different opinions on what to do as best practice for cards. I picked one method, and it works for me very well since many years. I format cards with the camera that will be using that card. I use the M8 to format cards that will be used in the M8, say.

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I've always thought that the best thing to do was to transfer images then format the card in camera. I'd be interested to hear the reason for @Pico's method though.

 

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Me too since I have always Formatted the cards in camera for all my digital cameras which was considered best advice generally. Admitted I am a late adopter of Leica but have had no problems with my Sandisk Extreme 16gb 45's in either of my 2 M9s so far.

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How do you treat your cards ? or what is your MO ?

 

I use a mix of cards from 2GB to 32GB and of varying speed and manufacturer. I treat them all inconsistently, sometimes deleting in camera, sometimes formatting in camera or using SD Formatter on a Mac. As I said in post 5 - very few problems. My only caveat is that I buy cards from reputable outlets and if any gave a problem I would stop using it on the basis that dodgy cards are unlikely to get better.

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Im using a Sandisk 90mb/s 16GB gold SD card with no apparent issues on my M9.  I see that all the other cards are 45mb/s.  Am i using the wrong card?  I tried it on my M3, the camera didn't recognize it and it kinda rattled around in the camera, must be some kind of design flaw. I asked the dog, she had no opinion...

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Any advice on using a Sandisc 32GB 95MB/s on an M9-P or MM1?

 

(I won't try it in my M6 - thanks JohnnySeven!)

 

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