35mmSummicron Posted September 28, 2009 Share #21 Posted September 28, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) @35mmSummicronTry a Panasonic Class 6 (2GB) - that's mine, an older Sandisk worked also fine, but I only had it the first 3 months. Format it in the camera everytime after downloading the images to your computer. Do you use JPG-DNG? That's the only function I don't use, so I don't know if that could cause problems. I only shoot DNG, and again I've used several different brands including the Leica recommended Sandisk UltraII's and Extreme III's. If I can get my hands on a Panasonic card, I will give it a try, but frankly I doubt it will work. Thanks for the recommend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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nryn Posted September 28, 2009 Share #22 Posted September 28, 2009 One other tip for Mac use: if your system is working, don't update it. In a former life I was a creative director for print, and it's not uncommon for production houses to be running an older version of an OS or software. Today people want to run software the day it comes out. I wait at least until a .1 or .2 release, and that's on my Macs (I'm still running XP on my PC, and even after trying Vista for 3 months will probably run XP until it stops working). This is true for both the OS and applications, btw. I'm running Snow Leopard now but frankly should have waited another "dot" release. But in general OS X has been very good to me and other than having to reboot for other reasons (updates, etc.), I've gone years between actual crashes, and I have a pretty sophisticated system. Keep the system running at night every once in a while. BSD (the unix-derivative foundation for OS X) runs a cache cleaning schedule every night. If you shut your machine down all the time (or sleep it, for that matter), it'll never get around to cleaning the caches and system performance will eventually get a little sluggish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest roey Posted September 28, 2009 Share #23 Posted September 28, 2009 Keep the system running at night every once in a while. BSD (the unix-derivative foundation for OS X) runs a cache cleaning schedule every night. If you shut your machine down all the time (or sleep it, for that matter), it'll never get around to cleaning the caches and system performance will eventually get a little sluggish. This was true for the initial versions of OS X. You do no longer have to do that. The system will do its maintenance when you wake it up from sleep in the morning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swamiji Posted September 28, 2009 Share #24 Posted September 28, 2009 I have found that usually the cause of computer instability, is incompatible versions of software. For example My PowerBook does not OSX 10.5 and up, using new versions of Safari. My MacBook Pro (10.6.1) does not like anything for Mac OSX 10.5. that uses rosetta, even though it is installed. So what is your version of OS, what software are you using and what is it's version? Can you pinpoint any causation to the crash? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicaiste Posted September 28, 2009 Share #25 Posted September 28, 2009 After some ISO tests yesterday, I just took my M8 outside for a spin, for the first time in a year. Saw an interesting shop, shot 5-6 shots through traffic. Camera locked up. Taking the battery out doesn't help. I will leave the battery out tonite. It seems the M9 still has the same issue. Guys, a camera that locks up and cannot be reset is not a professional tool. Edmund I have an M8 since almost 3 years (the second batch) and never had a lockup. Never. But - I use it like I did with the M6, frame by frame. I never use the C position. - I didn't upgrade the shutter or anything else. (I am reading this forum, you know). ;-) - I always format my SD cards when I put them back in the camera. - I have 4 batteries (labelled 1,2,3,4) that I only swap (in that order) when there are empty. Maybe that is eligible as a lockup ? Mmmmh...No, there was no bar left on the battery screen. I could not leave home with only one battery. I have emptied them so many times in the bag because I forgot to turn the camera off. Lucien Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJP Posted September 29, 2009 Share #26 Posted September 29, 2009 I have had my M8 die on me one or two times which in both cases was due to lack of charge. In one case it was during the use of C mode (I rarely use this anyway) which may demand more in terms of power surge ? It would be good if the camera gave some prior warning on the screen - "warning battery low" or similar. I believe the frame nr. dispay gives some sort of warning but I am not sure and have never noticed, which I guess says enough. In principle this should be classed as "irritating" but with the lock-up horror stories lodged in the back of my mind "sudden death by loss of power" always seems more worrying. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danyves Posted September 29, 2009 Share #27 Posted September 29, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) You can lock a M8 even when in S mode, if you take pictures one after another in a quick or fast way, that is in manual fast succession. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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