Bob Shell wrote:
On Mar 19, 2006, at 10:04 AM, Adam Maas wrote:
For some reason the Canon grips for their digital bodies are
positively huge. The 10D's grip is about twice as large as the D- BG1
for the D.
That's because the batteries are, relatively speaking, quite large.
It takes that much room to hold two side by side. Minolta's grip for
the Maxxum 7D is about the same, and Nikon's for the D100 is also
about the same. The Minolta grip is the only one I've worked with
that comes with a holder and lets you run the camera on 6 AA cells
in a pinch. I thought that was a great idea.
Bob
I know the reason, and I think that they should have gone with a
longitudinal battery carrier with the batteries sliding in the end or a
setup like the D's with batteries in the camera and the grip
simulataneously. I personally like big grips, so it doesn't bother me,
but the XT grip almost doubles the size of the camera.
-Adam
