cjc2 Loc: Hellertown PA

To save money, I suggest you make one out of Play Dough. Wrap a few AA batteries and form yourself a nice battery pack. VERY inexpensive! Best of luck.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

You consider $400 a lot for Nikon equipment. I found a Metal Nikon lens hood for an old school film 85mm lens a few years ago and looked up its price. Some $60.

I bought a OEM factory grip back in 2010 for my Pentax K-20D. It was $200-300. Photography is an expensive hobby.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

The camera battery is inserted in the bottom of the camera (T1i). I've no idea about the newer models. The grip (Vello) holds two batteries (or AA batteries), but the camera battery must be removed as the grip contacts (on an extension) go into the battery compartment. The battery door gets stored on the grip.

My first three film cameras were Canon (EX-Auto, Ftb, AE-1), I really liked them, so I just stayed with Canon.
Yea, one basically can't go wrong with any brand today, but they all have their own nuances for feel, operation, capabilities, etc..

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

we are in agreement.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

Great so we all have been wasting our time on this post. Seems par for the course on UHH.

Larryshuman

No I did not have to pay taxes. Shipping is a touch long but when I received them they looked and felt like new. Even the Nikon boxes appeared new. Also I bought a Nikon 80~200mmF:2.8 for only $208.00. Again it looks like new and is so sharp you could get a eye cut looking at the images it produces.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

You're right. My mistake. This is true of many of the Nikon OEM grips.

However, the third party grips specifically for the OP's D7500 appear to only accommodate a single battery (However, the MB-D17 fits the D500, not the OP's D7500. And, again, there is no OEM Nikon grip for the D7500, and the camera isn't designed to be fitted with one, hence the "work arounds" used by the third party grips for that camera).

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

Not possible... None exists forD7500.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

Not possible, Nikon doesn't make one for the D7500 and didn't design the camera to accommodate one.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

Not possible. Nikon doesn't make a grip for the D7500 and didn't design the camera to accommodate one.

There are only third party grips for the D7500... and they are a somewhat of a "kluged" design.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

Not possible. Nikon doesn't make a grip for D7500 and didn't design the camera to use one.

There are only third party grips made for D7500, and they are sort of a "kluged" design with limited functionality.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

Perhaps because in many cases a B+W filter is actually less expensive, although it's as good or even superior to the Hoya filter?

For example, compare the price of multi-coated B+W 77mm C-Pol with the most comparable Hoya HD3 C-Pol:

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/products/Polarizer/ci/115/N/4026728357?sort=PRICE_HIGH_TO_LOW&filters=fct_brand_name%3Ab-w%7Choya%2Cfct_circular-sizes_27%3A77mm%2Cfct_design_2321%3Amulti-coated%2Cfct_polarizer-combinations_2322%3Aplain-polarizers%2Cfct_polarizing-type_35%3Acircular

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

That was a rhetorical /s question.

Aren't B+W purported to be the best?
Then again, I thought he would use only Nikon filters.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

I use a grip on virtually every camera for three reasons...

To me the more important feature is the grip itself, which makes shooting vertical/portrait oriented shots more comfortable and efficient. I would guess that roughly half my shots are verticals, half are horizontal. (I see quite a few photographers who seem unaware their camera can also be used to make a vertically oriented shot... Everything they shoot is in landscape orientation, even when it makes for lousy composition or cuts off part of the subject!) However, to serve this purpose well the grip must have a secondary set of controls including shutter release button, aperture and/or shutter control dial, plus various AF control buttons and joysticks.

I also find the weight or mass the grip adds improves balance, stability and handling while using relatively large lenses on the camera. Shooting sporting events, I'm often using relatively large, heavy lenses.

This is in addition to doubling battery capacity.... and, of course, doubling the number of shots possible between battery changes.

Some cameras (mostly Nikon) also are able to shoot at a faster frame rate only when fitted with a grip.

Some "pro" cameras come with a permanently built-in vertical grip (all Canon 1D-series, Nikon D6, D5, D4, etc.) Personally I prefer the cameras where the grip is removable, in case I want to do so to save weight or make the camera more compact for travel. But most of the time I use a grip (and avoid cameras that don't accommodate them).