Hi everyone.
Last week I finally got my F8, but had to return it because of several issues:
1. Three brand new Kingston SD cards (SDX10V/64GB) from Zoom's list of compatible cards failed the performance test.
Older, slower cards tested ok.
The cards were all formatted in the F8. The formatting process only took a split second, which is odd.
"Quick Format" in a Tascam DR-70D took about 17 seconds.
2. After the performance test the F8 needed approx. 90 seconds to go back to the previous screen after pressing the menu button.
3. In dual channel recording mode the pots no. 5-8 were still active. This should not be the case since the safety tracks should be set automatically to -12db in relation to the primary tracks.
4. Set to "Recording - Mark Only" the F8 paused the recording anyway when pressing the play key to add a mark when recording mp3's.
Obviously it's not possible to add marks to an mp3 file. The manual remains silent about that. But the recording should definitely never be paused in the "Mark Only" setting since that can ruin the whole file.
A message should be displayed instead. No problems with wav's, though.
Greyfoxx, Piero and Sixnon in the jwsoundgroup forum had similar issues with their F8's. So it's not an isolated case.
I just hope the problems are software-related and can be eliminated with a firmware update.