BigBlueDodge wrote in post #7632965
Three reasons.
1. More shots between battery charges - You'll EASILY get 1000+ shots on a single battery charge using a grip with 2 batteries. It's also a benefit if you use IS lenses, which draw their power from your battery.
2. Balance & Feel - is used to balance out the camera for larger lenses, provides more surface area to hold, and provides a more intuitive hand placement for portrait shots
3. Gripped camera's are known to make photographers sexier to people of the opposite sex. Without the grip, you are "Uncle Bob taking snapshots". With the grip, you are "Ricardo, exotic glamour photographer".
I would venture to guess that most photogs buy a grip for reason #2 over reason #1. I bought a grip hoping #3 would come true
Three reasons.
1. More shots between battery charges - You'll EASILY get 1000+ shots on a single battery charge using a grip with 2 batteries. It's also a benefit if you use IS lenses, which draw their power from your battery.
2. Balance & Feel - is used to balance out the camera for larger lenses, provides more surface area to hold, and provides a more intuitive hand placement for portrait shots
3. Gripped camera's are known to make photographers sexier to people of the opposite sex. Without the grip, you are "Uncle Bob taking snapshots". With the grip, you are "Ricardo, exotic glamour photographer".
I would venture to guess that most photogs buy a grip for reason #2 over reason #1. I bought a grip hoping #3 would come true
I started out using "grips" decades ago (although we called them "motor drives" back then) primarily for reason 3, but over the years I became accustomed to them and now I can't use a camera that doesn't have one.
