Why caren't Canon's battery grips more ergonomic?

lankforddl wrote in post #9959645
Have you ever played xbox? They made their controllers fit nicely in your hand and guess what happened? Your hands would sweat if you used the controller for too long. I don't think I'd want the battery grip to fit perfectly in the hand. You need some air to get in between your hand and the grip material.

Sounds like a silly hypothesis but after days of playing Halo you'd understand my point.

That doesn't make sense for photography, as pointed out above. Also, 1-series portrait grips don't stick out the back.

http://a.img-dpreview.com …I/Images/allrou​ndview.jpg

I like Sony's idea for grips...it's weird to turn the camera and find the viewfinder on the bottom.

The grip on my Elan 7NE (BP-300) looks a lot better than the grip on my XTi (BG-3E) It matches up to the Elan perfectly. I understand that the BG-3E fits several different cameras but most of the Rebels use the same basic chassis so I shouldn't be that hard to engineer one that doesn't look like an afterthought.

toxic wrote in post #9966621
That doesn't make sense for photography, as pointed out above. Also, 1-series portrait grips don't stick out the back.

http://a.img-dpreview.com …I/Images/allrou​ndview.jpg

I like Sony's idea for grips...it's weird to turn the camera and find the viewfinder on the bottom.

Doesn't make any sense at all? How could you know that it doesn't make any sense if an ergonomically prefect fit battery grip doesn't even exist? Since we're speaking in hypotheticals I think the argument holds some logic?

jpbimages wrote in post #9961875
not only is the 20d still to small for my massive hands, ungripped, the grip makes me look pro.. so i keep it around
I have a targus grip, they utilize the side-entry and sideways (batteries going in the same direction as the grip... if that makes sense) LOL

No, it doesn't...

By having the batteries install that way, it means if you want to use an L bracket, you have to remove it every time you change batteries. The bracket blocks the battery door...

JWright wrote in post #9995762
No, it doesn't...

By having the batteries install that way, it means if you want to use an L bracket, you have to remove it every time you change batteries. The bracket blocks the battery door...

No what doesn't?

I don't really mind that, I had to take the battery grip off every time I put it in my hard case (which I no longer use, it's too small for 'all' my gear).
I am not sure what an L bracket is for anyway haha!

JWright wrote in post #9995762
No, it doesn't...

By having the batteries install that way, it means if you want to use an L bracket, you have to remove it every time you change batteries. The bracket blocks the battery door...

How often are you going to need to change batteries when you have 2 of them in a grip? With occasional shooting, I can go WEEKS before I have to charge the batteries in my 40D. Even under heavy shooting I can go for ~3000 pictures before needing a recharge.

I'd take much improved ergonomics over the slight inconvenience of having to remove an L bracket. And hey, maybe if Canon designed their grips so that the batteries went in from the side (so that they didn't completely suck ergonomically), then the L-bracket manufacturers would make better L brackets that allow changing batteries without removing the brackets :P