jeffwros Posted October 7, 2007 Share #1 Â Posted October 7, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Anybody know of a program that will open DMR files that were written to a M8 formatted card? Firmware is the latest version of both cameras. The DMR accepted the M8 formatted card without any fuss. Â I can see that the files were created and are the normal 19.5 MB in sizes but Photoshop and Capture One both can not open them. Â Thanks, in advance, for your suggestions! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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andybarton Posted October 7, 2007 Share #2 Â Posted October 7, 2007 Can you see them in the Finder (or Windows Explorer)? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsteve Posted October 7, 2007 Share #3  Posted October 7, 2007 Anybody know of a program that will open DMR files that were written to a M8 formatted card? Firmware is the latest version of both cameras. The DMR accepted the M8 formatted card without any fuss. I can see that the files were created and are the normal 19.5 MB in sizes but Photoshop and Capture One both can not open them.  Thanks, in advance, for your suggestions!  Jeff:  Are you able to get the files off the card and on to your computer?  If you did get them off the card and onto the computer, did you just copy them or use a program to download them?  If all else fails, try putting the card back into the DMR and connect the DMR via firewire as a disk and transfer them that way.  I mentioned when the DMR 1.3 firmware came out that there seemed to be problems using M8 cards in it and Leica replied they couldn't replicate the problem.  Robert Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffwros Posted October 7, 2007 Author Share #4 Â Posted October 7, 2007 Thanks for the tips. Â I copied the files straight to the computer through my usual card reader (not through a program). I am not able to view the files in OSX finder. I popped the card back into the DMR and it will show me image #99 on the screen and that's it. It locks up and won't scroll through the other images on (I think they're on) the card. Â That tells me that something should be able to read these files. Once my computer is done processing some other RAWs I'll connect the DMR to it and hope for the best. Â So frustrating because I know the images are there and exist! Â Thanks again! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsteve Posted October 8, 2007 Share #5  Posted October 8, 2007 Thanks for the tips. I copied the files straight to the computer through my usual card reader (not through a program). I am not able to view the files in OSX finder. I popped the card back into the DMR and it will show me image #99 on the screen and that's it. It locks up and won't scroll through the other images on (I think they're on) the card.  That tells me that something should be able to read these files. Once my computer is done processing some other RAWs I'll connect the DMR to it and hope for the best.  So frustrating because I know the images are there and exist!  Thanks again!   The lock up is what I had when I tried a M8 formatted card in the DMR. I got grief from the forum that Leica should not have to plan for another cameras card being used in the DMR. After all, aren't they both Leica digitals?  You could also try putting the card back in the M8 and using it to transfer the files. I suspect whatever the problem is, the files may be gone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffwros Posted October 8, 2007 Author Share #6 Â Posted October 8, 2007 Nope, the files are intact. In fact, I am now able to preview them on the LCD on the DMR! I've transferred the files from the camera to my computer but nothing will still open them. Â As for compatibility between the M8 and DMR the fact that the DMR took and wrote to the card, for me, was an indication that the two systems would play nicely with each other's formatted cards. Â I'm off to try it from the M8. Sounds like a lost cause. Â Â Thanks again! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffwros Posted October 8, 2007 Author Share #7 Â Posted October 8, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) No good with the M8. It can see the files but not preview them. End of the road. Â Thanks again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spylaw4 Posted October 8, 2007 Share #8  Posted October 8, 2007 No good with the M8. It can see the files but not preview them. End of the road. Thanks again.  On your Mac - have you tried Graphic Converter X ? It's supposed to be good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted October 8, 2007 Share #9 Â Posted October 8, 2007 Jeff, is there a DNG you can send to Leica? If they can't be read properly, then there is a problem with the way they were written, ie. the content is wrong. This should be diagnosable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffwros Posted October 8, 2007 Author Share #10 Â Posted October 8, 2007 Thanks for the fresh tips! Â I'll check out the Graphic Converter X and see what I get. Â Meanwhile, an e-mail to Leica was going to be my next step in the process. All of the files have been downloaded so, upon request, I can send them a DVD-ROM or the actual SD cards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffwros Posted October 8, 2007 Author Share #11 Â Posted October 8, 2007 No luck with Graphic Converter X although it did create some interesting patterns out of the files! Last stop: Leica. Â Thanks again, guys! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
psquared Posted October 8, 2007 Share #12  Posted October 8, 2007 Hi Jeff,  No idea what the real solution is. While you're waiting for Leica, you might try to convert the DMR DNG to M8 DNG and see if Aperture or CS can read it:  http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/digital-forum/33185-solution-dmr-files-aperture-dmr2m8.html  Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffwros Posted October 9, 2007 Author Share #13 Â Posted October 9, 2007 Hey hey, Peter! How's the silver M8 treating you? No further troubles with the shutter, I hope! Just got back to shooting with the M8 again and this was the last assignment I was using the DMR for! Â Thanks for the link ...I'll check it out and see what, if anything, can be done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberti Posted October 9, 2007 Share #14 Â Posted October 9, 2007 Have you tried the simple trick of just renaming them to xxx.TIF This might help. (I don't have a DMR but I have been fooling around with files.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffwros Posted October 10, 2007 Author Share #15 Â Posted October 10, 2007 No luck with renaming. Good idea, though! Â Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
psquared Posted October 11, 2007 Share #16 Â Posted October 11, 2007 Jeff, Â Sorry you haven't had any luck with those DMR files. Hope Leica comes through. Â The silver M8 is great ... now. When I got the camera back after the shutter was fixed (It took 3 months ), I found that the rangefinder was still off, even though they said they ajusted it. I sent it back along with 3 lenses. I got them back after 2 months. The rangefinder was still off. Since I kew that the lenses actually work fine on another M8, I actually adjusted both near and inifinity settings myself. It works perfectly now! I would never have done it myself were it not for Carsten's successful precedent. Â Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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