Pentax BG2 Battery Grip for Pentax K10D and K20D DSLR Cameras by Pentax
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Digital camera reviews of Pentax BG2 Battery Grip for Pentax K10D and K20D DSLR Cameras
Digital camera Review: A must have for serious Photographers
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an important accessory to the K10D because the K10D only takes a special LI-50 battery. You cannot just go to a local store and get a couple of AA's and pop them into your camera if you run out of power. If you purchase this grip, buy an extra battery or 2 because this grip does not come with batteries. This is a little extra insurance for not running out of power if you do a lot of shooting and looking at your LCD on the camera back. I have not used my new equipment long enough to see how the batteries last. In my experience, rechargables will lose some of their storage capacity over time When using the camera you can choose how you use the grip. You can use both batteries together, or you can select grip first, or camera first. Use what will work best for you.
It also has a small storage compartment for an extra SD card.
The other main advantage is that you don't have to become a contortionist when shooting in the portrait format. You just go to the portrait shooting position and the shutter release and all of the controls are in the same location for shooting as in the landscape position.
Because the camera and grip only takes the equivalent of 2 AA's this is less weight to carry around than the previous version that I had on my earlier model *istD.
Digital camera Review: Works great but you may not want to remove it
Summary: 4 Stars
The grip makes the K10D look like a solid, professional camera and between the grip and the K10D the batteries have lasted for over 600 pictures so far with no apparent impact.
Be careful, however. I took mine off once and put it back on and the vertical shutter was not working. Apparently the pins in the grip connector can be pushed back into the grip and stick or even get bent. This resulted in some anxious moments and a few blue words until I got them popped back out.
Digital camera Review: Very nice addition to your K10D
Summary: 5 Stars
The D-BG2 battery grip is a very nice addition to your K10D. When used with an extra battery, it doubles the amount of shots you can take before needing to charge your batteries, and weight to the camera to balance out heavier telephoto and zoom lenses, and just gives the camera a "meatier" feel. Plus it has a shutter button you can use when holding the camera in "portrait" mode, plus the AE-L button, both wheels for changing aperture and shutter speed, AND the mighty "green" button.
I recommend this to anyone buying a K10D !!
Digital camera Review: Pentax BG2 Battery Grip
Summary: 5 Stars
The BG2 grip is a must have item to further enhance the versatility of the fantastic K10D camera. It provides a shutter release button plus the command dials found on the camera. It is unique because one battery is installed in the camera and the other is in the grip, plus a spare SD card can be stored in the grip. Digital camera Review: Great Product!!
Summary: 5 Stars
The battery grip is awesome. There is storage for an extra battery, memory card, and a wireless remote. The battery grip turns a stardard SLR into a professional camera. If you are taking vertical pictures for an extended period of time, the battery grip makes it easy on the wrists and hands with the "bottom" shutter button. There are minor downsides to the battery grip - the battery and memory card are not active with the camera and you have to remove the battery grip to change out the battery. Other than that, I recommend this to anyone!! :o)