[Leica] Have any of you had this happen with the M8?

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)]

Jeffery,

I use the SanDisk Extreme III no problems at all.  If you format from 
another camera (non Leica) the camera may not recognise it.

Gene

-------------- Original message from mehrdad <msadat@gmail.com>: 
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> Jeffery, what kind of sd card are u trying to use? 
> 
> i use the transced regular 4gig @ under 50usd and works good 
> 
> On 3/16/07, Jeffery Smith wrote: 
> > I've had the M8 for 30 hours now and still have yet to take a frame. 
> > When I 
> > put an SD card in, the LCD says that it is full. When I have the M8 
> > "format" 
> > it, a red LED blinks for about 20 minutes before I give up. I format the 
> > SD 
> > card in another camera and put it in the M8 only to get the same "card 
> > is 
> > full" message. I went to the Leica page that is supposed to tell me 
> > which SD 
> > cards are compatible: 
> > http://www.leica-camera.com/photography/m_system/m8 
> > only to get an error message that the page cannot be found. 
> > I have gone through all of my SD cards. The last one gave me a "535" on 
> > the 
> > top LCD, which I assume meant that I had 535 images available on the 
> > card. 
> > However, I got a phone call and turned the camera off. When I turned it 
> > back 
> > on 20 minutes later, the top LCD had a "0" and the back LCD said "card 
> > is 
> > full". 
> > 
> > This is a real nightmare. Does anyone know where I can get to a list of 
> > compatible SD cards? 
> > 
> > Jeffery Smith 
> > New Orleans, LA 
> > http://www.400tx.com 
> > http://400tx.blogspot.com/ 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> ------------------------------------- 
> regards, mehrdad 
> 
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