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The Canon 20D battery grip
I've wanted a battery grip for my 20D since I got the body, but early owners of the grip experienced errors and lock ups because of a design issue which allowed the power contacts to twist away from the camera body when used with telephoto zoom lenses.
After waiting for stock to be updated and new level parts filling the shelves, I finally got round to getting one
The grip itself is extremely well designed and made as you'd expect from a genuine Canon product. The grip allows 2 bp-511 cells to be fitted at once and that should be enough to give power for well over 1000 frames, if it's anything like the grip which used to live on my previous Canon 300d SLR.
The grip will also accept 6 AA batteries if you really get stuck for power, you simply install the AA cells into the supplied BGM-e2 magazine and place it in the grip in place of the normal batteries.
With the grip fitted to the camera body, your instantly assulted by the increase in size. :shock: The camera gets a whole new feel, it's much heavier with the 2 batteries installed but the increased grip area makes up for that because you now have enough room on the camera to grasp all your fingers around it.
With a longer lens fitted the larger size of the body really feels much more stable as the weight of the lens is balanced out by the body.
The grip also has a other functions, it's not just an improved power source and extra handspace :doh:
It has a controls for the cameras operation too
Vertical shutter release button, jog wheel and AE/FE lock and AF point selection are all present, so shooting in portrait orientation is helped by not having reach over the camera to change settings and trip the shutter.
So there you go, a very brief summary of the BG-E2, if you have a 20D, you need this grip :thumb:
I've wanted a battery grip for my 20D since I got the body, but early owners of the grip experienced errors and lock ups because of a design issue which allowed the power contacts to twist away from the camera body when used with telephoto zoom lenses.
After waiting for stock to be updated and new level parts filling the shelves, I finally got round to getting one
The grip itself is extremely well designed and made as you'd expect from a genuine Canon product. The grip allows 2 bp-511 cells to be fitted at once and that should be enough to give power for well over 1000 frames, if it's anything like the grip which used to live on my previous Canon 300d SLR.
The grip will also accept 6 AA batteries if you really get stuck for power, you simply install the AA cells into the supplied BGM-e2 magazine and place it in the grip in place of the normal batteries.
With the grip fitted to the camera body, your instantly assulted by the increase in size. :shock: The camera gets a whole new feel, it's much heavier with the 2 batteries installed but the increased grip area makes up for that because you now have enough room on the camera to grasp all your fingers around it.
With a longer lens fitted the larger size of the body really feels much more stable as the weight of the lens is balanced out by the body.
The grip also has a other functions, it's not just an improved power source and extra handspace :doh:
It has a controls for the cameras operation too
Vertical shutter release button, jog wheel and AE/FE lock and AF point selection are all present, so shooting in portrait orientation is helped by not having reach over the camera to change settings and trip the shutter.
So there you go, a very brief summary of the BG-E2, if you have a 20D, you need this grip :thumb:
