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Battery Grips
Apr 5, 2017 07:29:09 #
Just got a <$20 battery grip and a <$20 extra battery for my D5300. I like the increased size of the camera as it better fits my hands. The small weight added makes the camera slightly more stable.
One person, who has had DSLR's for many years, was convinced the battery grip was a motor...!
One person, who has had DSLR's for many years, was convinced the battery grip was a motor...!
Apr 5, 2017 07:32:34 #
leftj
Loc: Texas
jerryc41 wrote:
I bought one for my D610 a few years ago because "everyone else had one." I sold it with the camera and haven't bought another. I can see the advantage of the shutter button for portrait mode, but that's about it. Adding size and weight isn't on my To Do list, for me or my camera.
Agree on the shutter button for portrait mode however the battery grip also needs to have a back button focus located on it for those who use back button focus.
Apr 5, 2017 07:38:50 #
planepics wrote:
I'm renting a lens for my trip to Oshkosh this year...thinking of maybe adding a grip for my camera, but it's an extra $38/wk. I usually take 2-4k pics over the week. The lens (including insurance) is already costing me $154. I could save $17 if I didn't take insurance, but I've never rented before and it's a $2,200 retail lens. Do grip batteries last any longer in tandem than individual batteries used until they're dead?
The camera transitions seamlessly from the external to the internal with no interruption. Also it comes in handy if doing a long elapsed-time sequence.
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Apr 5, 2017 07:40:59 #
Boris Ekner wrote:
Just got a <$20 battery grip and a <$20 extra battery for my D5300. I like the increased size of the camera as it better fits my hands. The small weight added makes the camera slightly more stable.
One person, who has had DSLR's for many years, was convinced the battery grip was a motor...!
One person, who has had DSLR's for many years, was convinced the battery grip was a motor...!
In film days, the grip was a drive as well for burst shooting on manual advance bodies.
Apr 5, 2017 08:10:07 #
Apr 5, 2017 08:21:57 #
whitewolfowner wrote:
Some people will do anything and put up with anything just to look like Joe pro.
Some people will do anything and put up with anything just to look like Joe pro. and attract women.
Apr 5, 2017 08:34:25 #
Big mitts require big grips. I've always used Canon battery grips on all my Canons from my first AE-1 thru all my F-1 and EOS bodies. I like to a good grip on anything expensive!
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Apr 5, 2017 08:44:59 #
joer wrote:
Over the years I have had original equipment or 3r... (show quote)
I use the grip for comfort as when holding the camera without the grip my right pinky had nothing to hold and was under the camera and my right hand was holding the camera with just two fingers with the pointer finger on the shutter and thumb behind the camera, but with the grip I am holding the camera with three fingers on my right hand, so it is comfort for me. In addition to comfort on my higher FF cameras I can use my EN-EL18 battery instead of the EN-EL15 battery giving me longer shooting life, I could (but have not done so) use double A batteries. The grip may not be for everyone but for me they serve the purpose.
Apr 5, 2017 08:49:26 #
An old shoulder injury makes it painful for me to shoot vertically without the extra shutter release a battery grip provides. The old workhorse Nikon F4s got me hooked on the extra button. That's why I prefer to use a grip.
Apr 5, 2017 08:53:52 #
Marionsho wrote:
Some people will do anything and put up with anything just to look like Joe pro. and attract women.
You're right. Chicks dig a big grip.
Apr 5, 2017 09:45:21 #
I don't use battery grips. I always have one extra battery in the bag,but my camera is comfortable without one
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Apr 5, 2017 09:50:27 #
I have rheumatoid arthritis and have to have the additional surface area to safely grasp the camera body. I've found that the presence or absence of a battery grip is not a factor with the camera being a chick magnet. It is the presence of my wife!
Apr 5, 2017 09:59:23 #
Apr 5, 2017 10:00:25 #
The only time I use the battery grip is when shooting a modeling session. Other than that I feel they are a pain. The extra battery supply is ok, but the extra weight is not. Besides your battery indication on your camera is now worthless. I do not know about small bodied cameras, because I am not using any.
So that is my two cents
Keep shooting
WJH
So that is my two cents
Keep shooting
WJH
Apr 5, 2017 10:02:01 #
I like the camera with built in grip like the EOS-1 or Nikon D-1,2.,3.4,5 but I would never add a grip to a camera.
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