Leica M8.2 Start Up Problem

[purewire]

Just got a Leica M8.2 and I am totally addicted! The camera seems to have an issue when I leave it off for a while and turn it back on.

When I switch to S mode and try to take a picture I get the "bottom cover removed" warning. Of course, the battery bottom cover is secure. Now when I turn the camera off and then on again, I am able to snap a picture but it shows up as 0/0 and does not get recorded to the SDHC card. I have to turn it off again and then back on before things start working normally. This usually happens when I leave it off for a while.

I have just updated to firmware 2.005. I leave discreet mode on (maybe I should try using it off). And I use an 8GB Transcend SDHC. I am wondering if the problem may be coming from the SDHC brand and the camera having issues reading it...

Anyone else have experience with this issue?

[Brian Sweeney]

I found it best to Format the SD card in the camera, had my M8 not store to an SD card that was out of the box.

Also- I tend to use smaller cards. 2GByte and 4GByte seem very reliable.

[purewire]

Well I borrowed a Transcend 4GB Class 6 card and it seems to be working fine now. I bought a new SanDisk 8GB SDHC UHS class 1 card. Hope that works fine.

[purewire]

Update: The SanDisk 8GB Extreme Pro 45mb/s works fine on my Leica M8.2!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004JJU6I4

[kbg32]

Make sure you reformat the card in the camera every time you download images off of it and don't just delete them!

[purewire]

Make sure you reformat the card in the camera every time you download images off of it and don't just delete them!

I always reformat the card in camera.

[seakayaker1]

Happy to hear that the issue is resolved.

I have a M8.2 and never experienced the problem you described. I use a Sandisk Extreme 8 and 16 gb 10 class 30 mb/s without any problems.

I do agree it is a wonderful camera . . . . . enough to cause a GAS attack, so I now own a M9 as well. :bang: :D :D

Life is Grand!

Dan