Blank image file ?

[iriscaddis]

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I admit, this might be embarrassing but I have to ask. I just purchased my MP240 (love it), spent travel time enjoying it.  

There's a handful of images, of the 100's that were great, there’s a dozen or so that show up black, empty, zilch!  See attached image with info. The dead images showed up in the viewfinder and of course on the exported files.

Question: is it the camera, the card, something else, or just the guy behind the lens?  Looking for a root cause to self-educate. I couldn’t find info in related searches. Thank you.  

Card: SanDisk Extreme 150MB. V1 Not locked. 

Sensor: cleaned by Tamarkin. Purchased there.

thank you 

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[Graham (G4FUJ)]

When I had that with my M8 I realised I'd left the lens cap on

[Guest]

Was it VERY dark at the time you took the shot?

Sorry couldn’t resist that 😂

On a more serious note, did you accidentally trigger the shutter in a bag?

Edited August 8, 2022 by OThomas

[iriscaddis]

Actually no. The shots are in a series of other shots. So the others were fine. I’m not sure if it’s the card, or something wrong with the MP240 or me lol. Thank you for responding. 

[iriscaddis]

7 hours ago, Graham (G4FUJ) said:

When I had that with my M8 I realised I'd left the lens cap on

I know. But I’m not that bad of a photog. Lol

[a.noctilux]

May it be the SD card ?

Try another new SD card if you can find 32GB then format the new card in the M240.

[Jean-Michel]

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Hi,

I have no idea as to why this happens to you. I have an M-P and never had any issues with it. I would contact your dealer, Tamarkin, about this. You can always try a new SD card (32 GG or less), and as Arnaud wrote, format it in the camera. I'm not sure how often or rarely the various faults reported are ever due to a faulty SD card, but it is an inexpensive fix.  

[250swb]

I think perhaps try another smaller SD card, or larger. I used a 3gb card but it was definitely genuine SanDisk so beware of fakes. Format it in the camera.

Edited August 8, 2022 by 250swb

[iriscaddis]

9 hours ago, a.noctilux said:

May it be the SD card ?

Try another new SD card if you can find 32GB then format the new card in the M240.

Indeed. This seems to be a common response from all of you. Headed to my local shop and downsizing the capacity. Thanks and hopefully that was it and not the Leica. (Maybe me 😉)

[jaapv]

This is what happens when one uses a card that has been used in another camera, without formatting it.

[iriscaddis]

Hi @jaapv, it is a new card where the blanks occurred. Unless the shop is resealing SD cards and reselling as new. Lol. In todays world I would not be surprised.  But I’m fairly confident that the new card I purchased was indeed new. Thank for taking the time to post and something to be mindful of. 
 

! I do have a question however to you and others. In one of the above responses someone mentioned that a practice should be, when you get a new card reformat in the Leica? 

Edited August 14, 2022 by iriscaddis

[a.noctilux]

4 hours ago, iriscaddis said:

when you get a new card reformat in the Leica? 

yes, even if it takes some time.

 

later, when I  have used the SD card for a while, I reformat the card in camera, or in computer, just to be on the safe side.

As when in use, the many times "removed files" can become segmented files, when recorded.

 

[marchyman]

On 8/14/2022 at 8:59 AM, iriscaddis said:

! I do have a question however to you and others. In one of the above responses someone mentioned that a practice should be, when you get a new card reformat in the Leica?

There does seem to be some consensus on this.  But... I've never seen anything other that various anecdotes that this is a real thing.  Would be nice is there was some kind of published study about this.

For what it is worth I'll add an offsetting anecdote: I format every new card I get on my Mac using SD Card Formatter.   I give each card a name that indicated the camera it is to be used in and do not swap cards between camera.  I've never had any issue doing that. I have had cards go bad, but that was after much use.  Once I get errors on a card I throw it away.

[iriscaddis]

10 hours ago, marchyman said:

For what it is worth I'll add an offsetting anecdote: I format every new card I get on my Mac using SD Card Formatter.   I give each card a name that indicated the camera it is to be used in and do not swap cards between camera.  I've never had any issue doing that. I have had cards go bad, but that was after much use.  Once I get errors on a card I throw it away.

Thanks @marchyman for the alternate perspective on formatting. I too, like you, found some of the steps dubious on face value, but I always defer to the well established forum experts on this board. They shoot far more than I do.