get a grip

I love my grip, but I just took it off and shot a few for the first time in weeks... what a relief! I can finally use my LENS as the grip instead. it is a little out of balance with a flash attached... but I definiantly have an appreciation for the smaller form factor.

no real point, just blabbing.

Use the grip and your heaviest lens for a good two weeks and I can guarantee your right arm will be more muscular than your left, bahahahahahaha. It happened to me, true story! :P

I have been, and my hand is just sore... . my heaviest is still kinda light, but I ALWAYS use the flash.

aha, you need a grip extender camera plate Just enough extra to the body to give your fingers more grip and more importantly put the weight of the cam into your palm. Sadly you cant buy one as yet, but I have emailed Kirk about the idea lol...

gripped T1i is just too cute in my hand. I love the setup bc I can take it anywhere w/o being think as some sort of "professional photographer" compare to the gripped 5DII, and I don't even do much photos.

generally, any rube who see's what looks like a large camera with a big, pointy lens on the front is a pro. You're still a pro

I gripped my 40D right away, and had planned to do the same with the 5DII when I got it. But after using the 5DII and not need the extra battery for what I use the full rame camera for, I decided to leave the 5DII bare and am loving it. I like the lighter setup for moving around the studio anyways. Even with a gripped 40D in portrait orientation, I rarely used the buttons on the grip anyways. LOL

I went more than an entire month without a grip on my 7D and it just plain felt very strange, especially using the gripped 5D with the 7D. Since getting my 1st grip for my 10D, I do not like using my cameras without one. To me, the weight isn't really noticable ... having the 70-200 IS or the 100-400 IS on the camera, now that weight is VERY noticable!!!

Took the grip off the 7D for a dog show I attended this past weekend (practice for an upcoming show) and I felt like I was fumbling around with the camera all day long! The grip will stay on the cameras from now on!!

I had a grip. Got rid of It made the camera WAY too big and heavy.

All of our bodies have grips. They never come off.

Jon.

I want a grip for my 450D.
Are they really that heavy?
Im a small chic, maybe I should be a small chic with Popeye arms.

I run a grip with my 30D .. but I won't bother with the 7D.
The 7D just feel right without one.

Getting a grip for your XSi will change the camera for the better especially when you are using longer lenses.I started with a kit lens and the balance was fine but when I got my 70-200 I also picked up an
aftermarket grip and just love it.If you are hand holding I think balance is more important than
total weight.

Accessoire wrote in post #9157736
I want a grip for my 450D.
Are they really that heavy?
Im a small chic, maybe I should be a small chic with Popeye arms.

No they aren't.

I can't use my Rebel without the grip, it's just too small. With the grip i don't find it any heavier then my 30D (with no grip attached).

My 30D-i like the size without the grip. With the grip attached and 2 batteries loaded I was surprised how much weight was added. BUT once I turn the camera sideways for portrait, I do love having the grip and buttons. I'm not sure what to do now with my new stroboframe, everything fits okay but it's getting crazy heavy and the vertical grip is well, pointless.

Not sure if I've already posted this on here - thought I had but can't find it.

To grip, or not to grip: It's horses for courses but these are my thoughts...

I wouldn't shoot without a grip if I had the choice.
The extra controls make the camera more usable when shooting vertically (portrait)
When I borrow my BIL's 400d that doesn't have one, it doesn't feel right and doesn't have as much usability as a body with a grip.
My 10D and d30 both had grips as does my 40D
The extra weight of a grip is so negligible, it's not worth talking about.
A 600ml bottle of water weighs more than a grip.
Most sports photographers might shoot as many as 4-5000 frames (sometimes more) in a day. I average around 2000 a day just at a club race meeting and as much battery life as possible is required. It's just one less thing to worry about when shooting.
Remember that it's not only firing the shutter that uses power, but also AF, the LCD screen and all the other electronic circuits in todays cameras.
However it is horses for courses and each to their own but I'm afraid I can't get my head around this "so much extra weight" thing that people always bring up with grips.
It borders on the ridiculous.

This is why...

A grip for a 40D weighs around 460g fully loaded with two batteries, at least that's what the kitchen scales I used told me - hahaha.
Thats 300 grams for the grip itself and and 160g for two batteries at 80g each.
If you are carrying two spare batteries anyway, then the grip adds only 300g extra.
Hardly back breaking.
And you've already got one battery in the camera anyway.
The average grip for other brands and aftermarket ones would be of similar weight, give or take a little either way.
A decent jumper/windcheater weighs around that, maybe more. A jacket even more than that again
If you're going out shooting and it might turn cold or wet, do you leave the jumper/windcheater/jac​ket home because they add too much extra weight? - err, probably not. You'd probably take all three AND the bottle of water.

Looking at it another way - lets say you get rid of your 75-300 "kit" lens and upgrade to a better, heavier lens such as a 70-200/2.8L or 100-400L or Nikon/Sigma etc equivalent that weighs considerably more than the "kit" lens.
What do you do? Take the new heavier lens or leave it at home because its too heavy and take the kit lens instead?
I know, you leave the new lens at home because it's to heavy.

Or this scenario - you finally upgrade the 20/30/40/5D etc (or Nikon equiv) and finally get the 1D MkIII you've been hanging out for that comes with its own built in grip and big battery and weighs considerably more than the old camera with no grip. Again, what do you do? Take the new camera or leave it home because its so much heavier than the old one?
Tough call that one - Not!
What would I do? - Take BOTH bodies.
I'll bet there's people here who lug a tripod around on a shoot with them, in a lot of cases, unnecessarily, but won't have a grip because it "adds too much" weight.
I've never been able to work that one out.
As I said earlier, a 600ml bottle of water weighs more.
I guess those suggesting that a grip is too heavy would never consider carrying two or more bodies with lenses to go with them let alone owning a 100-400 or 300, 400 or even a 500 prime - 'cause they weigh a TON.