Leica M8 and 8GB SD card problem

[chunin]

I was using my 4GB Transcend card with no problem on the M8. Then today I tried a 8Gb Transcend card on the camera and it will tell me that it was full. Hit format on the camera and it stayed in formatting mode for eternity and will not finish. Took the battery out in order to shut it down. Camera is fine and works with my 4GB card. But now my 8GB can not be read with any camera or card reader. It will cause error on my card reader and now I can not find a way to reformat it or do anything in order to recover the 8GB card. Any ideas as to what to try. Card reader no good. M8 can't format it. Maybe when I get home can try to format it with my G7.

 

[glenerrolrd]

M8 will not support a 8GB card.....find a camera that supports an 8GB card and reformat the card in the camera

 

[cmogi10]

I was under the impression that the M8 won't take anything higher then a 4, I guess this proves it?

 

[peter_n]

The 8GB card is pretty new so I'm wondering if any cam supports it yet. You would think that since the SDHC spec. goes to a 32GB capacity that camera manufacturers would sart building in read/write capability right up to the limit. But I guess not...

Chunin if you have a USB reader for the 8GB card you should be able to format it using your computer's OS. Welcome to the forum BTW! 🙂

 

[jaapv]

Why should you want to use a 8Gb card?😕 just think of a card crash and the loss of 8 Gb worth of photographs...😱 😱 I'll stick with four 2 Gb cards.

 

[rvaubel]

Why should you want to use a 8Gb card?😕 just think of a card crash and the loss of 8 Gb worth of photographs...😱 😱 I'll stick with four 2 Gb cards.

Good God man, an 8GB card is good for almost 800 Raw photos! And I thought 4GB was overkill. For myself, 2GB is 187 shots and that is enough for a days worth of photos. I wouldn't have time to download and process, even minuminally more than that on a daily basis.

Rex

 

[cmogi10]

Why should you want to use a 8Gb card?😕 just think of a card crash and the loss of 8 Gb worth of photographs...😱 😱 I'll stick with four 2 Gb cards.

I'm the same way, if I use four cards over the course of an evening and lose one I still have 3/4 of my pictures.

 

[chunin]

Well, got home and my Canon G7 point and shoot does recognize the 8Gb card. Got it formatted and all is well using it in the G7. The 4Gb will stay in the M8.

 

[cmogi10]

And life returns to normal...

 

[flatlander]

My own thoughts here... being a guy who shoots a lot. I find 4 gig cards to be ideal. I back up every shoot on DVD. Because DVD's are 4.7 gig, I can put a single card, and other related files on a single disc - proof sheets, PDS files of selects - that sort of thing. I back up after every shoot and log the shoot into a data base. This system keeps everything nice and neat. I like to think of a 4 gig card and a DVD as the modern equal to a 36 exposure roll and contact sheet.

The more you shoot the more you find it necessary to be very organized about your filing and storage methods. 8 gigs on a single card presents too many opportunities for disaster - imop.

btw - first post, but long time reader.