M11 and SD card issue

[Syrjames]

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I explained myself wrongly. 
if I put now ANY CARD in the camera, it freezes. 
If i remove card(s) the camera work; only that you need to operate it through the internal memory available. 
i tried any card.. different brands… formatted them with formatting external software (camera cannot operate).
Nothing. 

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[jakontil]

8 hours ago, Syrjames said:

I explained myself wrongly. 
if I put now ANY CARD in the camera, it freezes. 
If i remove card(s) the camera work; only that you need to operate it through the internal memory available. 
i tried any card.. different brands… formatted them with formatting external software (camera cannot operate).
Nothing. 

Sorry this might not helpful, what if u reset the camera, dont restore the profile, leave it defaults, and can you format an sdcard?

[jaapv]

17 hours ago, Syrjames said:

I explained myself wrongly. 
if I put now ANY CARD in the camera, it freezes. 
If i remove card(s) the camera work; only that you need to operate it through the internal memory available. 
i tried any card.. different brands… formatted them with formatting external software (camera cannot operate).
Nothing. 

Which means that there is something seriously wrong Send the camera to Leica for repair. 

[Syrjames]

Yes, I contacted Leica Spain, and the camera is on its way to Germany.

Hope they can fix this fast.

Jaime

[DenverSteve]

6 hours ago, Syrjames said:

Yes, I contacted Leica Spain, and the camera is on its way to Germany.

Hope they can fix this fast.

Jaime

While very little happens fast. They will address your issue and get you back to M11 use as quickly as possible. 

[iamaaronbean]

Hey, so I shot on Angelbird, 128gb, 280MB/s V60's, on my Black Magic pocket 6k, then, put that card in the M11, and it won't format or work. Tried formatting w/disk utility on my mac, still noting. So going to workshop putting back into the BMP, and format it to a different volume. Let's see if that works. 

 

UPDATE:: tried it, didn't work. So now 2 of my 4 cards don't work. Contacting Angelbird. 

 

Edited September 23, 2023 by iamaaronbean

[lct]

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I have no experience with Angelbird cards but you may wish to format yours with SD Card Formatter. Did work for me with various cards for a dozen years.

3 hours ago, iamaaronbean said:

Hey, so I shot on Angelbird, 128gb, 280MB/s V60's, on my Black Magic pocket 6k, then, put that card in the M11, and it won't format or work. Tried formatting w/disk utility on my mac, still noting. So going to workshop putting back into the BMP, and format it to a different volume. Let's see if that works. 

UPDATE:: tried it, didn't work. So now 2 of my 4 cards don't work. Contacting Angelbird.

[LeicaR10]

Ict,  +1.   I totally agree with you.  Since using SD Card Formatter and either San Disk UHS 1 or Delkin Black SD cards, not a single freeze since my long ago M240 days and subsequent, M10/M10-M + R and M11-M models. r/ Mark

Edited September 23, 2023 by LeicaR10

[BobSoltys]

Thanks for all these posts.

I've experienced two "SD card error" messages in a new M11 Monochrom. Changing cards helped. 

This morning after having the camera out in cold (25 degrees F / -3.8 degres C), coming inside, changing the ISO, taking the 128GB Lexar Pro UHS-II 300MB/s 2000x card out, uploading to LR from my MacBook Pro, and putting the card back in the M11 M with today's firmware upgrade, the red SD card error message appeared on the screen.

Replaced the card with a new Delkin UHS-1 card that KEH sold me with the camera, formatted it in camera, and camera works fine.

I was able to pull up the images on the Lexar card that generated the error message, but when I put that Lexar card back in the camera, the camera froze.

Camera was fine after replacing the Lexar card with the new Delkin card, and it wrote to the Delkin card.

Wonder if I may be somehow damaging a card by not waiting to take it out of the PowerBook after moving the icon to the trash, or if the temperature change could have been a factor per this dated link.

https://www.slrlounge.com/handle-sd-cards-to-minimize-data-loss/

Thank you for reading and for any suggestions you may have.

[BobSoltys]

Thank you Al.

[venom]

On 5/28/2022 at 1:01 AM, tap360 said:

Hi all

After just having the M11 a few days, for some reason suddenly today it stopped working with my SD cards.

SD card goes in = orange light stays on at the rear and I can’t access the menu or take any shots.

no SD card in = I can access menu etc.

I have tried about 7 or 8 SD cards now and only a very slow, old one seems to work. However, the newer ones I have been using happily all week don’t work at all (but are fine in other cameras and on computer).

anyone else had any issues, or any ideas what I can do?  I have left battery out for 10 mins. Reset camera etc. nothing makes a difference

very concerning to have such a problem in the first week

all thoughts and ideas welcome.

Was this bought used or new? The M11 has a reputation of not being very reliable. Seems like the SD card reader inside the camera is dead. 

personally what I would do is return this. Get my money back and buy a brand new M10R and just focus on taking pictures. 

Edited December 1, 2023 by venom

[Jan Y]

On 9/23/2023 at 4:54 AM, LeicaR10 said:

SD Card Formatter

My M11 (I have owned it less than one month) often locks and refuses to turn on or take the photo.  If I am reading this thread correctly, some folks have had good results using "SD Card Formatter" as if that is a third party app.  (I have formatted using my windows machine just after the most recent firm update, and also tried formating in camera, and neither of those solved my locked up events.  My SD card is a San DIsk Extreme UHS 1 (Class 10), 256 GB (and was working without fail in my M-10-P that I traded for the M11.  Thank you in advance.  

[J S H]

3 hours ago, Jan Y said:

My M11 (I have owned it less than one month) often locks and refuses to turn on or take the photo.  If I am reading this thread correctly, some folks have had good results using "SD Card Formatter" as if that is a third party app.  (I have formatted using my windows machine just after the most recent firm update, and also tried formating in camera, and neither of those solved my locked up events.  My SD card is a San DIsk Extreme UHS 1 (Class 10), 256 GB (and was working without fail in my M-10-P that I traded for the M11.  Thank you in advance.  

Have you tried leaving the card out of the camera and just using the internal memory? That’s an easy way to discover if perhaps the card is creating problems. 

[hmzimelka]

5 hours ago, Jan Y said:

My M11 (I have owned it less than one month) often locks and refuses to turn on or take the photo.  If I am reading this thread correctly, some folks have had good results using "SD Card Formatter" as if that is a third party app.  (I have formatted using my windows machine just after the most recent firm update, and also tried formating in camera, and neither of those solved my locked up events.  My SD card is a San DIsk Extreme UHS 1 (Class 10), 256 GB (and was working without fail in my M-10-P that I traded for the M11.  Thank you in advance.  

Leica have stated that some UHS-1 cards are causing issues and that they are working on a fix. Mind blowing, I know, but can you try use a UHS-II card out to rule that out? 

[jaapv]

And format the card before using. 

[lct]

3 hours ago, J S H said:

If I am reading this thread correctly, some folks have had good results using "SD Card Formatter"

It is a free software. I use it on all my cameras since 2014 or thereabout. I have had no freezes since then but i don't know if this is related.

[Jan Y]

3 hours ago, J S H said:

Have you tried leaving the card out of the camera and just using the internal memory? That’s an easy way to discover if perhaps the card is creating problems. 

I have not yet tried that, but I will, thanks.  

[Jan Y]

34 minutes ago, lct said:

It is a free software. I use it on all my cameras since 2014 or thereabout. I have had no freezes since then but i don't know if this is related.

I found the software by name in this forum- using a better search phrase.  Been running for hours.

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[Jan Y]

2 hours ago, hmzimelka said:

Leica have stated that some UHS-1 cards are causing issues and that they are working on a fix. Mind blowing, I know, but can you try use a UHS-II card out to rule that out? 

Thank you, I will try that if the SD Formatter fails. 

[marchyman]

8 hours ago, Jan Y said:

I found the software by name in this forum- using a better search phrase.  Been running for hours.

Hours?  I know it can take a while doing a low level format but hours seems a bit excessive.  I'd suspect a bad card.   They do go bad once on a while.  I've probably thrown 2 or 3 away in the last 10 years.