Photowyzard
Senior Member
Well, well, well, guess what arrived in the mail!?
Meike D800S grip. "S"?? :lol: Probably to avoid any copyright issues.
So, here is how this looks:
The packaging is a very high grade, paper bag. :lol: Hey, I paid $69, what do you expect. I like the bag and I am keeping it. It has a nice reusable rope tie thing on the bag. I have never, EVER shipped anything in a bag before, but it is a nice communist green colour and has lots of Chinese on it, so... high grade from me. Seriously, who ships like this?
I grade the bag: A+
This is what comes INSIDE the bag:
Aaah, the grip is in a box. OK, not bad, the box took a bit of a dent but that is OK, NOTHING DAMAGED INSIDE!! No room to complain here!
I grade the box and contents on arrival: A+
I open the box that has a slight ding on it, see picture and here is what you get:
The Meike D800 Grip
The AA cartridge for holding AA batteries (BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED)
The EN-EL15 Lithium-ion Battery cartridge for holding the EN-EL15 battery (BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED)
Instruction book written in lots of languages
Warranty card
Business card offering a discount if you order things from a website
Bubble Wrap
It all arrived in immaculate condition.
I grade the contents out of the box: A+
Here are some picture views. Here is what I did:
REMOVED ALL BATTERIES FROM CAMERA, NOTHING IN GRIP. BOTH ITEMS HAVE ZERO CHARGE.
Nothing was turned on.
Solid fit. See the three above images. I have read reviews online that again, make me wonder who rights this poop. The grip fits TIGHT. No issues. Solid plastic. The soft mottled grippy plastic is an excellent mimic of the D800 finishing. Very well done.
The wheel to screw on the grip is solid and makes a tighter fit than the Nikon D90 grip I have! How can you fault this? It even has a little holder to put the rubber from the bottom of the D800 that covers the pin connections.
The dials are every bit as solid feeling as the ones on my D800. I read a review that said these were cheap. I certainly can't tell the difference. The tripod connection on the bottom screws into something that has a solid piece of steel across the bottom of the grip on the inside.
This grip has the feel of a solid, well made, pro grip and looks high quality. It feels terrific on the D800.
Overall, just from appearance and order experience, I rate it all an A+.
If Only I had the courage to TRY IT OUT!!! :lol: $69 paperweight! Live and Learn.
Go here to see the overpriced NIKON MB-D12 grip on a D800 and compare:
Nikon D800 body | LetsGoDigital
SORRY for the quality of some of the images, I just point my D90 and shot. No fiddling to get them perfect. Since this is just educational, I didn't spend that much time on taking and retaking the images to get them perfect.
UPDATE: Posted 3 weeks later! Here are my findings to complete this review!! (I also posted this somewhere else in this folder. I put it here as well for first time readers)
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As promised, I am following up on my review of the Meike D800 Battery Grip.
Here is what I did:
To make myself feel more comfortable, I spent and exhaustive number of days reading through feed back from individuals who purchase this grip. I did not find ONE complaint.
This gave me a fair amount of encouragement because if this grip was burning up D800's all over the world, people would be screaming about it. I did not find any concrete evidence from the pool people I check out on ebay who responded positively to the grip.
All feedback was pretty much the same. The grip arrived immediately. It was shipped in that lovely paper bag and ..... IT WORKED without a hitch.
I made sure the power on the camera was off and the switch on the grip was off, I charged up my battery, installed the grip on the D800 so it was nice and snug and fired it up. Are you ready......
WORKED LIKE A CHARM
I experimented with Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority etc to ensure the dials on the gripped work. Everything functions 100%. I could find no fault or nit with this items what so ever.
So, based on my personal hands on experience, I would:
HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE GRIP.
Meike D800S grip. "S"?? :lol: Probably to avoid any copyright issues.
So, here is how this looks:
The packaging is a very high grade, paper bag. :lol: Hey, I paid $69, what do you expect. I like the bag and I am keeping it. It has a nice reusable rope tie thing on the bag. I have never, EVER shipped anything in a bag before, but it is a nice communist green colour and has lots of Chinese on it, so... high grade from me. Seriously, who ships like this?
I grade the bag: A+
This is what comes INSIDE the bag:
Aaah, the grip is in a box. OK, not bad, the box took a bit of a dent but that is OK, NOTHING DAMAGED INSIDE!! No room to complain here!
I grade the box and contents on arrival: A+
I open the box that has a slight ding on it, see picture and here is what you get:
The Meike D800 Grip
The AA cartridge for holding AA batteries (BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED)
The EN-EL15 Lithium-ion Battery cartridge for holding the EN-EL15 battery (BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED)
Instruction book written in lots of languages
Warranty card
Business card offering a discount if you order things from a website
Bubble Wrap
It all arrived in immaculate condition.
I grade the contents out of the box: A+
Here are some picture views. Here is what I did:
REMOVED ALL BATTERIES FROM CAMERA, NOTHING IN GRIP. BOTH ITEMS HAVE ZERO CHARGE.
Nothing was turned on.
Solid fit. See the three above images. I have read reviews online that again, make me wonder who rights this poop. The grip fits TIGHT. No issues. Solid plastic. The soft mottled grippy plastic is an excellent mimic of the D800 finishing. Very well done.
The wheel to screw on the grip is solid and makes a tighter fit than the Nikon D90 grip I have! How can you fault this? It even has a little holder to put the rubber from the bottom of the D800 that covers the pin connections.
The dials are every bit as solid feeling as the ones on my D800. I read a review that said these were cheap. I certainly can't tell the difference. The tripod connection on the bottom screws into something that has a solid piece of steel across the bottom of the grip on the inside.
This grip has the feel of a solid, well made, pro grip and looks high quality. It feels terrific on the D800.
Overall, just from appearance and order experience, I rate it all an A+.
If Only I had the courage to TRY IT OUT!!! :lol: $69 paperweight! Live and Learn.
Go here to see the overpriced NIKON MB-D12 grip on a D800 and compare:
Nikon D800 body | LetsGoDigital
SORRY for the quality of some of the images, I just point my D90 and shot. No fiddling to get them perfect. Since this is just educational, I didn't spend that much time on taking and retaking the images to get them perfect.
UPDATE: Posted 3 weeks later! Here are my findings to complete this review!! (I also posted this somewhere else in this folder. I put it here as well for first time readers)
=======================
As promised, I am following up on my review of the Meike D800 Battery Grip.
Here is what I did:
To make myself feel more comfortable, I spent and exhaustive number of days reading through feed back from individuals who purchase this grip. I did not find ONE complaint.
This gave me a fair amount of encouragement because if this grip was burning up D800's all over the world, people would be screaming about it. I did not find any concrete evidence from the pool people I check out on ebay who responded positively to the grip.
All feedback was pretty much the same. The grip arrived immediately. It was shipped in that lovely paper bag and ..... IT WORKED without a hitch.
I made sure the power on the camera was off and the switch on the grip was off, I charged up my battery, installed the grip on the D800 so it was nice and snug and fired it up. Are you ready......
WORKED LIKE A CHARM
I experimented with Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority etc to ensure the dials on the gripped work. Everything functions 100%. I could find no fault or nit with this items what so ever.
So, based on my personal hands on experience, I would:
HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE GRIP.
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