[Leica] Cannot upgrade M8 firmware

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

If a card doesn't show up on the computer when mounted in a card 
reader, it's either a problem with the card, the reader or driver 
software in the computer. If your Mac is otherwise functional and can 
read USB devices (I'm assuming the card reader is a USB device), then 
I suspect the problem is with the card reader. I've had a number of 
bad readers. Try another.


>Thanks, Frank.
>
>I tried the Reset function in the Menu just now.  No difference.
>
>I didn't try another computer yet.  Maybe my Mac has been set up 
>badly.  I will try it on my Mac at work tomorrow.
>
>I am using 8GB SDHC cards, and also a 512MB SD card.  None are 
>working in the card reader.  They all work in camera for the purpose 
>of uploading images.  But I only get a desktop mountable disk using 
>the M9, as the M9 has a Mass Storage disk option.  It seems the M8 
>does not, so it can only upload images when USB connected to a 
>computer, not download firmware upgrade files like the connected M9 
>can.
>
>My two card readers are both $5 cheapies.  Even if they cannot use 
>SDHC cards, they should be able to use the 512MB card.  They could 
>read those cards when formatted with my Lumix, but not after being 
>formatted with my Ms.
>
>Peter
>
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