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Question to the OM-D shooters out there.....
Have any of you bought the two-stage grip for the body yet? If so, care to give your thoughts?
I went to my local shop the other week and they had them in the box without, but one of the staff members had their own with the grip. I felt the same way when I first slapped on a grip on my Nikon bodies. Damn good feeling. One down down side that I can see is the compromise with increasing the footprint. If it is an easy on/off without having to do a lot of mucking about would be a bonus.
I did.... I was on the fence with the decision for quite a long time.
Pros:
* Well built.
* Comfortable.. especially with larger lenses like the 100-300mm or larger adapted lenses.
* Designed well. Shutter and Dials on both the grip and vertical battery grip are well placed.
* Grip by itself (without the vertical battery grip) actually doesn't increase the foot print too much.
* Weather-sealed just like the rest of the body
* With 1 battery in the camera and 1 battery in the vertical battery grip == Lots of shooting time. By default it drains the battery grip battery first then the one in the camera. I have 3 batteries and treat the one in the camera as a backup. Swapping the battery in the grip is very very quick and easy.
* Extra buttons to assign functions.
* Switch to disable the vertical grip shutter.
* Just like old school grips... the two pieces use the tripod screw mount so you gotta twist a knob. I didn't find it a problem.
* With just the grip attached, I didn't find the camera much bulkier. Added weight is slight. Camera is noticeably bulkier with both sections attached as you might expect.
Cons:
* Price. Seems a bit expensive which is why it took a while for me to decide
* You have to unscrew and remove the grip to access the battery compartment on the camera itself. Its different from other camera designs in which both batteries reside in two compartments built into the grip. I figure it probably wasn't designed that way due to size
* Did I say Price?
PS> Subforum Please...?
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