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Hi,
Just asking does anyone know how to tell the difference between a real one and a fake one?

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There are often a number differences that you can use to identify fakes, but you'll need to physically have it to inspect it. However, the first thing that should set the alarm bells ringing is price. If somebody is offering genuine manufacturer grips for significantly below retail then treat with a lot of caution.
 
Slaphead said:
There are often a number differences that you can use to identify fakes, but you'll need to physically have it to inspect it. However, the first thing that should set the alarm bells ringing is price. If somebody is offering genuine manufacturer grips for significantly below retail then treat with a lot of caution.
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and check the serial number with the manufacturer. They will let you know if its genuine
 
As for 3rd party grips, they are usually very good quality with little difference between them and the camera's manufacturers.
 
Harlequin said:
As for 3rd party grips, they are usually very good quality with little difference between them and the camera's manufacturers.
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I agree. Better to buy a genuine fake one than a fake genuine one :)
 
chris321 said:
I agree. Better to buy a genuine fake one than a fake genuine one :)
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well put, i have one original and one 3rd party, neither have caused me problems but the markings have started to fade on my 3rd aprty grip which is almost as old as the original.
 
33L said:
but the markings have started to fade on my 3rd aprty grip
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Exactly the same as me, nothing else is wrong with it, saved me well over £100 too. Obviously hasn't got the same build quality but for the purpose of the vertical shutter and easier to grip its worth it :thumbs:
 
I've got a 3rd party grip on my 550d, paid £30 with free delivery from eBay the only difference from the genuine one is the word 'Canon' printed on the front!

I saved myself £100 and its no different to the genuine one.
 
Sorry to slightly hijack this thread, but while it's on the subject of third party battery grips, I was wondering if anyone could recommend one in particular.

The build quality seems to differ between them from pretty poor to not to bad, but it's very hard to tell how good the one's I see on ebay are.
 
squishy said:
Sorry to slightly hijack this thread, but while it's on the subject of third party battery grips, I was wondering if anyone could recommend one in particular.

The build quality seems to differ between them from pretty poor to not to bad, but it's very hard to tell how good the one's I see on ebay are.
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The name linkdelight comes up again and again and is who I will use once I scrape up the cash to upgrade my body.
 
I have had 2 3rd party grips (cheap ones) one for a 500D and one for my 50D, seams I was lucky as both of them were great.
However both came with batteries included and again both were quite frankly crap.
Im gona pick up one for my7D but will be looking for a grip only with no batteries.
LinkDelight looks good to me.
 
I decided to treat my 7D to a genuine grip. Yeah it's £140 and probably is a rip-off but then isn't everything from Canon? Figured that, relative to the cost of the rest of the kit, it's not that much really.
 
I've had 2 MeiKe grips and both have been realy well made and work perfectly.

I still have one for my 5D2 and it was a whole heap cheaper than the Canon one.
 
I have seen one of the linkdelight grip with 2 batteries, would you buy it without them and buy genuine batteries?
 
I'd buy without

If you need batteries, get some reliable ones like the 7 day shop ones.
 
ive got a hahnel one on my 20D - 60 quid for the grip inc 2 batteries - though that was a while ago now.
 
When I had my 50D I bought a Hahnell (good quality non oem). It was fairly good in terms of build quality, control feel etc, but it had one annoying and potentially bad habit, It kept coming unscrewed. This meant that the battery was disconnected and i kept losing shots. Had it done so while writing to the card it could have been a lot more serious.

It was enought to convince me to buy the genuine item when I bought my 7D. I have had no problems with that.
 
architectfadi said:
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and check the serial number with the manufacturer. They will let you know if its genuine
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I've only ever used genuine canon grips on my bodies and none of them have ever had a visible serial number. That's on grips for the 300d, 20d, 5d and 5d2
 
digitalfailure said:
I've only ever used genuine canon grips on my bodies and none of them have ever had a visible serial number. That's on grips for the 300d, 20d, 5d and 5d2
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isnt it usually on a plate/label inside the battery compartment ? I had a genuine one on my 10D before i killed it (salt water and cameras do not mix) and I'm fairly sure thats where it was
 
There were no numbers on my grips for the 5d1 or 5d2, I had to use a made up number on my cps equipment listing.
 
I've got a Hahnel one for my D80, and although it works perfectly I think the quality isn't too good and definitely feels a lot cheaper than the camera itself. I'll probably get a genuine Nikon one at some point

The Hahnel batteries, on the other hand, are excellent
 
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