Leica m9 which memory card

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Highly recommended. Order Number If applicable. Send Request. Callback requested. We will be in touch as soon as possible. Checkout Now. I just recently bought a M9, too. I don't even know if the camera needs that kind of speed, but I figured just get it in case I want to use it somewhere else. For example a certain model of Lexar class 4 was faster then a certain model Class 6 of integra.

Before you let them do it - I would question them on why they are changing it i. They might just be trying to sell higher priced extremes. In short, shun the Extreme for now.

I've done some study into this issue. I personally think Leica these days is struggling to guarantee any particular card is ok, and this SD card issue is still haunting them since they released the latest FW upgrade that was supposed to fix SanDisk issues. I recently had a corruption issue with one of their recommended cards Lexar Pro from their compatibility list and I reported it to Leica over a month ago, and I'm told by Leica that "QA is still working on this issue.

In the meantime use slower SD card". The current model Ultras were dodgy in the M9 prior to the latest firmware release 1.

To be fair to Leica Mayfair it was a Leica experience day and all cards given to the people on the day are complimentary so it was no hard sell but having said that i was an idiot for not asking why, I had my suspicions though that they have obviously had issues with the Ultras. Neither are capable of utilizing the faster speeds of newer cards.

At the download end, the bottleneck is at the USB and computer side. Plus many people tend to use a laptop and have several USB devices attached to the same bus which further slows things down. The downside to the card issue is that the slower cards are older and it's hard to find them. All I can find at local shops are Extreme and Extreme Pro.

But I also have preview turned off and I never chimp, and never use continuous shutter mode or bracketing. I use the M9 just like I would use the M3 or the M6. Only difference to me is a digital file over a piece of film. They don't work well in the M9. It's fast, works well in the M9, and the price is fairly low, too.

There is little point in buying very fast expensive cards. The M9 uses technology so many of the older slower cards work as well as the latest high speed ones. I have Transcend class 6 and 10 and Samsung class 6 in 4GB and 8GB capacities which have worked faultlessly over the past year.

I don't think the issues have anything to do with the speed of the cards, specifically. It's a fact that some cards and the camera's controller don't get along. I like to buy Class 10 cards simply because the download to my computer runs faster. I had a lot of problems with SD cards and the M9 with pattern noise and banding. That is the only card I could personally recommend but I'm sure there are others.

February 23, There's been a lot of discussion on the forum about M9 SD cards and card problems over the years. I think the general conclusion has been that the M9 doesn't benefit from the higher speeds of newer cards and may actually work better with smaller and slower cards. In fact, the 8GB cards seem to be faster than the 16GB ones, at least on fw 1. I use a 16gb Sandisk Ultra 40mbs which is what they sold me with the camera but I'd like to hear other opinions too! Ultra, Extreme, extreme-pro.

It's like a superlatives convention. I've only had one problem over many years of using a variety of SD cards of various sizes. This failed card it became unreadable and could not be formatted was replaced without any problem whatsoever even outside the warranty period I can't remember the size or manufacturer.

However I always buy cards from reputable dealers who in turn obtain them from good wholesalers who buy from the manufacturers. These cards have always been fine with this one exception. And they are genuine. From what I gather, there are many fakes out there and it may well be that these are the ones which give most problems. So my thoughts are to stick to well known manufacturers and ensure that you buy the genuine article.

Even with stringent QC there will be the odd bad card though. Then I kind of think they might know a bit about it.

Score one for 16gb Sandisk Ultra, which are dead cheap. I became owner of new M-E at Moscow in October Forgot to get card from the Leica authorized store and ended up with no-name 32 GB card from the no-name shop. M-E was handling it without problems, but two different computers with two different OS and two different versions of LR had serious problems to read from this card.

I installed this card to dashboard camera and purchased normal latest Sandisk 16 GB card. No problems, except, then I installed non-Leica battery, M-E didn't recognized the card, but only for first time I have non-Leica battery inserted.

Thanks for these replies. Yes mujk it was the 'over the years' aspect that bothered me - some of the older discussions contradicted each other while others made it clear there had been changes. There's a limited range of 16gb cards available now - it seems not long ago they were the biggest thing you could get, now they are old hat.

Now all I need is the M9 back from its tour of Europe. Panasonic gold 16gb or Transcend 16gb. No difference in write speeds in practical terms but the Panasonics are read slightly faster on my MacPro desktop. The good thing is that these are really cheap at the moment. My advice is to always buy the biggest memory card you will need to cover whatever you like to shoot.

SD cards are particularly hazardous. They are small, easy to lose and breakable. Camera companies spend a lot of money researching ways of protecting the card while it is in the camera. It is the safest place for it. Keep it inside the camera until you are ready to download it. Between myself and Sarah , we use a number of different cameras in our work.

Each camera has its own set of cards, and each SD card is labelled with the camera ID. This makes any troubleshooting easier and prevents mistakes from happening when preparing for a shoot. Always use a good, fast and reliable card reader.