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timmyquest
28th of March 2004 (Sun), 01:54
I'm gonna get the battery grip for my drebel soon and i noticed that it takes either of the two yet i cant seem to find what if any differences there are between these two batteries.
drisley
28th of March 2004 (Sun), 02:15
The difference is.... 1
timmyquest
28th of March 2004 (Sun), 02:20
The difference is.... 1

Your reply is useless :roll:
manncer
28th of March 2004 (Sun), 03:38
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Pretty funny Drisley :!:

Specs look the same, price is the same, for same cameras :?: :?:
One might be for camcorders and they just made the number a little different. :oops:

manncer
PaulB
28th of March 2004 (Sun), 05:17
Funny but true.
IanD
28th of March 2004 (Sun), 06:50
I believe that the 512 will not fit in the battery grip due to its lack of groove down the middle. Whoops I just noticed that the grip will be for a Drebel. No idea if the Rebel grip differs from the 10D but the BGED1 will only accept 511 batteries. However, the 10D will accept either. Confused yet :?:
Belmondo
28th of March 2004 (Sun), 06:54
My understanding, too.
Canuck
28th of March 2004 (Sun), 07:39
The difference is that the BP-512 has no groove down the centre and the BP-511 does.

Ok I got this from the B&H site but it shoud be all clear now...
BP-511:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/images/items/198116.jpg
BP-512:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/images/items/223477.jpg
That should explain it.

Ian,
I didn't think the grip would allow for the BP-512 batteries on the 10D. I could be wrong though.
kb244
28th of March 2004 (Sun), 07:46
Both batteries are the same, I had the smooth one from my Canon Zr20, and when that got stolen, I still had grooved one I bought for my camcorder. As a result I used that when I got my G3. Now that I have a digital Rebel I have two of the grooved one, although the greay non-grooved one would have worked fine. The grip will accept both, as its completely rounded where the top of the battery goes. Also the BG-E1 is different than the one the 10D uses. Mainly because there are different buttons on it for vertical shooting(since the Drebel doesnt carry all the same features, they had to design a different grip, funny that not that much different yet its alot cheaper than the 10D's grip, perhaps cuz it doesnt match the color of the rebel's body :P ), but from my understanding it too will take the same two sets of batteries.