Battery Grip question

O.K. this may sound silly and I am sure that I will find out when I get it but I am curious. I have just ordered a battery grip online and should get it tomorrow. My question is, what happens to the camera's battery compartment door when affixing the grip? I notice that when I open it, it sticks out at a 45 degree angle.

It comes off. Quite simply actually, and save it to put back on without the grip. The directions with the grip will show you.

Jim

There's a slot in the grip that holds it so you don't have to keep it separate.

As Jim said, it just unclips. There is a spot on the battery grip to store it safely should you need it again (I doubt I will, I haven't fired a shot without by BG since I got it!)

It's clipped on with a similar type pin used for attaching watch bands to watches. It has a little knob/"pokey thingy" that sticks out that just slides the pin back and off it comes.

AdamC wrote in post #5951910
There is a spot on the battery grip to store it safely should you need it again (I doubt I will, I haven't fired a shot without by BG since I got it!)

Interesting, I never noticed that before....guess I should have read the grip manual a little closer......
I store the battery compartment door to my 30D in the box the grip came in so it's right were I need it if I need to box the grip up for a sale or repair return.

Shutterbug Doug wrote in post #5952124
It's clipped on with a similar type pin used for attaching watch bands to watches. It has a little knob/"pokey thingy" that sticks out that just slides the pin back and off it comes.

Interesting, I never noticed that before....guess I should have read the grip manual a little closer......
I store the battery compartment door to my 30D in the box the grip came in so it's right were I need it if I need to box the grip up for a sale or repair return.

I'm not sure what the OP camera is but if it's a 40D Canon have changed the method used for retaining the battery door. On the 40D is simply a pullout assembly.

Thanks, I have a 400D and have now worked it out. Door comes off easily and I am very technically challenged! Just looked closely at pic on site of my battery charger and it does also seem to have a slot for the door.

MY 10d, does'nt have a slot!

Received the grip today and it does not have a slot for the door, but found removing it quite easy thanks.

It does, on the post that goes to into the battery compartment. It is on the side, I believe the outside.

I have circled if on this picture.

Cheers foxy.Do you know i would never have looked there.

Thanks very much. My door is NOW stored in the slot in the grip that you showed us!

Greetings - Piggybacking on this thread please..... in using the dual battery pack (mine is on the 5D), is one battery used before the other (and which one?) and when you charge them do you rotate the batteries? In other words is the one on the left or right depleted first, or are they depleted together? I have never had full depletion of the batteries, but it seems that they take different times to fully charge when charging them prior to an outing, so I do rotate them just in case.
Thanks!
John

the left one is the main one, atleast on my 350D, it has a picture showing to put the main battery there if you only have 1 battery, so common sense says it uses that one as the main. but it uses both batteries at the same time

While I loved the battery grip on my XT I have not felt the need to get one for the 40D.

I think eclectically the batteries are in parallel. That being the case, the battery that is charged the most should discharge to the point the batteries are at the same voltage and then discharge evenly as long as the batteries are similar age and condition.