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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 396269" data-attributes="member: 13090">I have one of the Pixel Vertax grips but I can't recommend it. On the upside, I was really surprised at the overall build quality, it feels really, *really* good. The problem is the grip drains the batteries very quickly; even the battery in the body and even when both the grip and the camera body are both turned off. I lost roughly seven or eight percent of battery life an hour and again, this is with both the grip and the camera turned off and sitting on a table.The only reason I have one of these grips is because I got it from someone else who sold it to me for next to nothing because of the battery issue. I primarily like a battery grip for the ergonomics so I tossed the dude a few bucks for it, knowing about the issue, and slapped it on my D750. What I've done is put a sheet of plastic over the data-bus so the grip doesn't &quot;communicate&quot; with the camera. It might seem silly but in the final analysis I wind up with the ergonomics I want even though the grip does nothing else. Well, I can store an extra battery in the slot, but I typically prefer leave it empty and shave the weight.....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 396269, member: 13090"] I have one of the Pixel Vertax grips but I can't recommend it. On the upside, I was really surprised at the overall build quality, it feels really, *really* good. The problem is the grip drains the batteries very quickly; even the battery in the body and even when both the grip and the camera body are both turned off. I lost roughly seven or eight percent of battery life an hour and again, this is with both the grip and the camera turned off and sitting on a table. The only reason I have one of these grips is because I got it from someone else who sold it to me for next to nothing because of the battery issue. I primarily like a battery grip for the ergonomics so I tossed the dude a few bucks for it, knowing about the issue, and slapped it on my D750. What I've done is put a sheet of plastic over the data-bus so the grip doesn't "communicate" with the camera. It might seem silly but in the final analysis I wind up with the ergonomics I want even though the grip does nothing else. Well, I can store an extra battery in the slot, but I typically prefer leave it empty and shave the weight. [COLOR="#FFFFFF"]....[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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