Leica m8 Information Guide

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Overview 
1. Downloading/computer connection/saving data 
2. Compatibility 
3. Rangefinder/ Bright-line frames 
4. Use of UV/IR filters 
5. General functions 
 
 
 

 
1.1 When DNG’s are downloaded via the USB Interface onto a PC, they are renamed to TIFF 
files.  
 
This is a software bug in Windows XP. Windows is not able to identify the DNG format. Microsoft 
has been informed by Leica about this fact. If DNG files are downloaded via a card reader, the files 
are identified properly. Nevertheless, even the “wrong” Tiff files can be opened normally in Capture 
one and Photoshop Programs. 
 
This problem does not exist with Windows Vista, the files are transferred with the correct ending in 
this case. 
 
 
1.2 When DNG’s are downloaded together with JPG’s via the USB Interface onto a PC, two 
TIFF files are copied instead of DNG+JPG.  
 
Please use the Windows Scanner and Camera assistant to transfer the files instead of Windows 
explorer. 
 
 
1.3 I am trying to connect the camera to my Mac computer but the Mac software won’t 
recognise the camera. Is the camera compatible with Mac?  

 

Many digital cameras appear as a hard drive on the desktop of Mac-OS. The M8 does not appear as 
a hard drive but as a camera device. For file transfer via USB a program like Image capture (part of 
Mac-OS) or I-photo is needed.  
 
 
1.4 With some SD cards, the picture numbers are reset even though the menu item 
“Picture Numbering” is set to “Continuously”. Also, with these cards, the frame counter 
displays a false amount of remaining pictures immediately after switching on the camera 
and before taking the first shot. How can this be avoided?