Do you use a battery grip?
Oct 1, 2017 23:13:32 #
Oct 1, 2017 23:28:17 #
Used one on a Minolta in my film days. Occasionally use use one on a D500 as needed.
Don't have one for the D7200.
Don't have one for the D7200.
Oct 1, 2017 23:35:24 #
JR45 wrote:
Used one on a Minolta in my film days. Occasionally use use one on a D500 as needed.
Don't have one for the D7200.
Don't have one for the D7200.
The D500 is 5.8" wide, I believe ...
That must make that quite a big package, with the grip on there, huh?
As needed? ... You mean you keep taking it off, JR?
Oct 1, 2017 23:46:57 #
ChrisT wrote:
The D500 is 5.8" wide, I believe ...
That must make that quite a big package, with the grip on there, huh?
As needed? ... You mean you keep taking it off, JR?
That must make that quite a big package, with the grip on there, huh?
As needed? ... You mean you keep taking it off, JR?
Most off the time I use a mono-pod or tripod.
Oct 1, 2017 23:51:29 #
JR45 wrote:
Most off the time I use a mono-pod or tripod.
Oh, I see ....
I think, though, grips have a tripod socket, don't they?
Oct 2, 2017 00:04:01 #
ChrisT wrote:
Oh, I see ....
I think, though, grips have a tripod socket, don't they?
I think, though, grips have a tripod socket, don't they?
I use it when using the D500 for walk around.
Oct 2, 2017 00:15:11 #
If I am doing a time lapse or star trails, then I will put the battery grip on the Nikon D810. This camer and lens is heavy enough as it is.
Oct 2, 2017 00:15:28 #
Oct 2, 2017 00:38:37 #
RichardTaylor wrote:
Nowdays - no.
Well ... not an Olympus, no ...
Darn thing would probably swamp it!
But, on bigger cameras, with a longer lens ... might make sense ...
Oct 2, 2017 00:43:16 #
JR45 wrote:
I use it when using the D500 for walk around.
But the thing is, JR ... since a battery grip has a tripod socket on it ...
You could just leave it on all the time ... even when using it on a tripod ...
Then, you'd only need to take it off to change the battery(s) ... right?
Oct 2, 2017 00:50:20 #
Never had used one on my film cameras because of possible film breakage and static electricity strikes in very cold weather in Alaska. I recently purchased one for my Sony a99ll so that I would have plenty of battery power in the cold winter days. I had an Sony a65 and a Canon SX50 run out of power in the cold last year. -10F . Normally I don't like battery grips because of the extra weight and bulk.
Oct 2, 2017 01:26:16 #
ORpilot wrote:
Never had used one on my film cameras because of possible film breakage and static electricity strikes in very cold weather in Alaska. I recently purchased one for my Sony a99ll so that I would have plenty of battery power in the cold winter days. I had an Sony a65 and a Canon SX50 run out of power in the cold last year. -10F . Normally I don't like battery grips because of the extra weight and bulk.
They CAN be bulky, can't they, OR ...
And you can forget about those one-camera bags ...
You need a kit bag for a camera with a grip on it (if you leave it on all the time, that is) ... I know ... I've been there ...
Got three of 'em ... don't use ANY of 'em anymore ... So, how do you like that new a99II? ... nice, huh?
Oct 2, 2017 01:33:26 #
Having used a Mamiya RB67 Pro S for many years, DSLRs seem light to me, so I’ve added battery grips to my cameras. I think you can hold the camera steadier with one, especially when you rotate the camera. A friend of mine has a Nikon D5500, I think it’s the lightest of the 5000 series cameras. I’ve been trying to sell him on the advantages of a battery grip.
Oct 2, 2017 01:43:18 #
The Watcher wrote:
Having used a Mamiya RB67 Pro S for many years, DSLRs seem light to me, so I’ve added battery grips to my cameras. I think you can hold the camera steadier with one, especially when you rotate the camera. A friend of mine has a Nikon D5500, I think it’s the lightest of the 5000 series cameras. I’ve been trying to sell him on the advantages of a battery grip.
Not sure whether the D5500 is the lightest ... of the 5000 series ... yes, it might be ... definitely smaller, anyway, but it has a touch-screen, which adds just a little ... but the D5300 (preceding it) has a GPS ... so, it's probably heavier (and wider) ...
Actually, for a camera as small as the D5500 ... you really don't need one ...
Grips are really the province of bigger cams - D90, D7000 series, D500, and of course - all the FX ones ...
Oct 2, 2017 02:24:08 #
ChrisT wrote:
Not sure whether the D5500 is the lightest ... of ... (show quote)
I disagree - grips can make smaller bodies a lot more usable, in the hand, espcially when using some longer lenses.
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