What a joke of a battery grip for the crippled D7500. Note that this grip does NOT provide an additional camera battery, but instead moves the battery from the camera into the grip. Thus the only functional use is to permit a battery change without having to remove the grip. Also, while you have a portrait mode shutter release button via a remote shutter connection cable, you do NOT have any command wheels in the portrait mode position. This makes the grip very awkward for portrait mode shooting. Note that this comment is not a criticism of Vello, but rather of Nikon for the poor design of the D7500.