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 Perfect! October 5, 2008
Canon battery grip is a MUST have accessories, I can't imagine myself using a camera without the grip! It makes it very easy to hold the camera! I am very pleased with this accessory and I will buy it again when I get another *0D DSLR :)
canon battery grip for 30D September 19, 2008
The product is everything Canon states it to be. Will be purchasing another one soon for my second Canon 30D.
 Got this to hold vertical shots. Good for that. September 1, 2008
Heavy. More to grip. Good with my 300mm lens. If you want one, you've got to pay to play. Don't get the Hong Kong junk. You will regret it.
Great addition to my 40D August 30, 2008
For me the BG-E2N is a must have. As a Wedding & Events Photographer I use the added power and the flexibilty of the vertical shutter release as I make alot of vertical shots. I find it more comfortable and controlable using the battery grip. Feels good in my hands and it looks good too!
 Why it's NOT a must have August 19, 2008
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
Many say this is a must have, and the reasons have been repeated literally a million times. But I returned the grip for a refund. Why? And why is it not a must have?
- Adding the grip makes your camera look and feel like a 1D Mark III. As a result, you have lost the advantage of using a smaller SLR, and for street and other types of candid shooting the smaller and less noticeable, the better.
- If you are the type of photographer who uses tripods almost as often as you do cameras, adding the grip means you'll want to mount your quick release plate on the grip. By common sense this tends to destabilize your tripod setup. If you use live-view mode on a windy night, you can easily observe how much more your camera wobbles in the wind if you mount your camera with this grip on top of your tripod head. If you don't want that result you will have to remove your grip every time you use your tripod.
- The benefit of using AA batteries with the grip virtually does not exist if you are truly a pro (meaning you always have backups, including a spare battery). If I remember correctly, the much heavier AA batteries in the magazine only have about 20% of the "endurance" of the Canon battery.
- The grip allows you to shoot with up to 2 batteries for up to 2000+ shots. If you are concerned with the lost photo opportunities when you shoot without the grip, check this out: it takes only ~10 seconds to swap a battery. The grip will not make your battery or batteries last longer.
- In your camera bag, the extra space needed to accommodate your camera with this grip attached is roughly enough to hold a Canon 580 EX II flash gun. Well, your bag may be differently arranged. At least in my case, only if without the grip was I able to carry 580 EX II.
- Obviously if you legally own this grip your pocket most likely has been about $170 lighter. What else could you have purchased?
Roughly speaking, the grip can be a really nice add-on if you hand hold your camera to shoot in studio or otherwise controlled settings. When it is a nice have, it is nice even if you don't shoot vertically at all. But it is at most just a nice have, not a must have. That's because you can always live without it (no matter how big your hand may be, your hand is nevertheless only a human hand, right? So it simply can't be that big!).
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