salukfan111
Senior Member
anyone using one?
That ought to rock with AA eneloops.Got mine yesterday: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01H4YPAMM/
Fits tight, works perfectly, saved a bundle. What's not to love.
That ought to rock with AA eneloops.
Does the battery grip allow 3rd party batteries? Also, does it accept enel18's like the official one?
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The allure is just having a really large battery. It'd be nice for camping trips and such where there are no outlet and being away from one for a few days and less batteries to carry around. And as far as I've read, it appears 3rd party ones work in the official grip. Also I love shooting Color Runs so I really don't want to mess with my camera's protective layers to swap batteries.I can only respond re the Pixel grip, and the answers are no and no. Not sure what the allure of the En-EL18 is, but since turning off the touch screen I've had zero complaints with battery life. I'm getting around 1200-1400 shots per battery charge.
Plenty of reason. That's a stupid amount to pay for a piece of plastic to hold a battery. 3rd party works just as well. If it wasn't for the camera being silly about 3rd party batteries, any old $50-70 grip would do.As I see it, if you can justify $130 on a battery for convenience sake (and even with a color run, it is convenience when you've got 2000-2500 shots on two fully charged batteries) there's no reason you can't justify the Nikon grip.
I can only respond re the Pixel grip, and the answers are no and no. Not sure what the allure of the En-EL18 is, but since turning off the touch screen I've had zero complaints with battery life. I'm getting around 1200-1400 shots per battery charge.
Did you notice big problems with battery life before switching touch screen off?
Did you use touch screen much?
I bought the Pixel grip because of battery problems.
I have touch screen on for occasional use but otherwise it's in Aircraft Mode.
My battery life is very variable.
After having bought 3rd party grips for my d800 and d750, it never made sense to me to spend triple digits for an official one. Looked so close to the same as the body that it was never a problem with matching. And for the limited amount of use they get from me, even more of an issue. That's a good chunk that could go towards something a lot more used like a new lens. I respect though if people actually need the weather sealing which isn't something I've needed. But I have no respect for Nikon making the enel15 batteries so expensive when clearly it can be done cheaper and I've had these 3rd party batteries since 2012-2013 with no issues until the d500 decided to be picky.I kind of felt the same way about the Nikon grip for my D7200... Seemed like an overpriced piece of plastic, but the more I compared the 3rd party units to the Nikon the more I was convinced the construction and weather seal characteristics were just superior to the 3rd party grips.
What sold me was the fact that the grip has the same magnesium frame as the camera body and the construction has some visible weather sealing. But it all comes down to personal preference.