JoeB_UK
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d70 vertical grip add on?
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'I see the whole world through a tight lens'
Nikon D70+SB800(18-70mm Dx/ 28-200mm / 50mm f1.8)
Olympus E1+Vertical Grip+FL50(11-22mm Zuiko 14-54mm Zuiko / 55-200mm
Sigma) Warm Balance-Expodisc
digital-freak
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Found it at http://www.harbortronics.com/news.htm
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September 9, 2004
Yes indeed, the D70 vertical/battery grip is in development!
Harbortronics VG-D70 Features:
o Remote shutter release via IR (removable fiber optic cable) or hardwired (camera modification).
No camera modification needed to use the IR shutter release feature. This essentially emulates the ML-L1/3. The camera has to be configured to using the IR remote, and used often enough to keep the camera from turning the IR remote feature off. The half-press feature will also not work normally via IR. A removable fiber optic cable will route up the front of the camera to the grip... very simple, cable stays out of the way, and can be removed if desired.
o Remote shutter jack included on grip
This jack can be used with remote cords, slaving cameras together (i.e. stereo), or for connection to a D70 which has been modified with a remote shutter release jack.
If the camera is modified to add a remote control jack (which may void the warrenty), then all limitations are removed... there's no need to set-up the camera for remote use, half-press works fine, etc. There would be a short cable jumper running from the camera to the grip to connect the two.
o Multiple Power Configurations
The VG-D70 can accomodate one or two EN-EL3 batteries (standard D70 battery). The grip also includes a standard DC power jack (industry standard!) for use with external power supplies, large battery packs, etc. This jack is protected against reverse polarity and overvoltage.
Hang in there... I'll get it done soon!
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Mark
http://www.markmicallef.com
I received an email from that woman a few months ago.
All I want to know is WHEN?
'I see the whole world through a tight lens'
Nikon D70+SB800(18-70mm Dx/ 28-200mm / 50mm f1.8)
Olympus E1+Vertical Grip+FL50(11-22mm Zuiko 14-54mm Zuiko / 55-200mm
Sigma) Warm Balance-Expodisc
All I want to know is WHEN?
--Found it at http://www.harbortronics.com/news.htm
---QUOTE---
September 9, 2004
Yes indeed, the D70 vertical/battery grip is in development!
Harbortronics VG-D70 Features:
o Remote shutter release via IR (removable fiber optic cable) or
hardwired (camera modification).
No camera modification needed to use the IR shutter release
feature. This essentially emulates the ML-L1/3. The camera has to
be configured to using the IR remote, and used often enough to keep
the camera from turning the IR remote feature off. The half-press
feature will also not work normally via IR. A removable fiber optic
cable will route up the front of the camera to the grip... very
simple, cable stays out of the way, and can be removed if desired.
o Remote shutter jack included on grip
This jack can be used with remote cords, slaving cameras together
(i.e. stereo), or for connection to a D70 which has been modified
with a remote shutter release jack.
If the camera is modified to add a remote control jack (which may
void the warrenty), then all limitations are removed... there's no
need to set-up the camera for remote use, half-press works fine,
etc. There would be a short cable jumper running from the camera to
the grip to connect the two.
o Multiple Power Configurations
The VG-D70 can accomodate one or two EN-EL3 batteries (standard D70
battery). The grip also includes a standard DC power jack (industry
standard!) for use with external power supplies, large battery
packs, etc. This jack is protected against reverse polarity and
overvoltage.
Hang in there... I'll get it done soon!
---END QUOTE---
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Mark
http://www.markmicallef.com
'I see the whole world through a tight lens'
Nikon D70+SB800(18-70mm Dx/ 28-200mm / 50mm f1.8)
Olympus E1+Vertical Grip+FL50(11-22mm Zuiko 14-54mm Zuiko / 55-200mm
Sigma) Warm Balance-Expodisc
digital-freak
Senior Member
Mofongo
Forum Pro
The thing is that not all information is static...
Some information is dynamic and changes constantly...
In this case there are one or two companies working on a veticle grip (harbortronics is one that comes to mind...)
There may be an update on this info that would not have come to light by merely searching...
Hopefully Harbortronics is almost ready to release their product...
Anyone talk to them? Maybe an email asking for a timeline is in order...
I like to make newcomers feel welcome here as all don't know about the search function yet...
Regards,
Bob
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MiEK
Active member
I believe this was a hoax.
Seemed to be a shop of the D100 grip.
yet the one above seems fair enough.
Maykel Loomans, Netherlands
http://www.miekd.nl
Seemed to be a shop of the D100 grip.
yet the one above seems fair enough.
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Maykel Loomans, Netherlands
http://www.miekd.nl
Just thought I would point out the bloody obvious, since it caught me by surprise some time back. I came upon a photo task that required me to take only vertical shots, so I gripped my camera normally, swung my right elbow up to head level and started shooting, right hand index finger on the release. I shot like this for an hour or so, following action, taking hundreds of shots. Being fairly unathletic, this was no ideal long term situation. So I tried adjusting my hands a little bit, discarding what I knew about holding cameras.
What I found to work for my size hands was: camera in vertical position, shutter release at the top. Right hand: index finger "under" the grip where you normally grip the camera with your right hand. Thumb on CF compartment lid. Middle finger roughly on DOF preview button, the rest of the right hand gripping the body right under the lens. Left hand: index finger on shutter release. Thumb resting behind flash hotshoe. The rest of the fingers on the left hand holding the lens.
I found this method to be much more stable than the wildly swinging elbow trick I had previously employed, now I could "tuck in" again. It was also much less strenous. If I want to adjust something with the dials, I just move my right hand to grip the camera normally for a few seconds. An added bonus to this method is that if you are shooting with the SB-800 (and probably others), the camera + flash balance very nicely in your left hand, letting you zoom/focus with your right hand.
Well, I said it was obvious. But saying the D70 has no vertical grip is like sending the waiter back for another spoon because this one curves the wrong way. For my use I also find the battery argument near void with the current battery performance, I'd rather keep held weight low.
I can think of more than a few things I would rather buy for my D70 than a vertical grip, should one become available. Happy vertical shooting.
What I found to work for my size hands was: camera in vertical position, shutter release at the top. Right hand: index finger "under" the grip where you normally grip the camera with your right hand. Thumb on CF compartment lid. Middle finger roughly on DOF preview button, the rest of the right hand gripping the body right under the lens. Left hand: index finger on shutter release. Thumb resting behind flash hotshoe. The rest of the fingers on the left hand holding the lens.
I found this method to be much more stable than the wildly swinging elbow trick I had previously employed, now I could "tuck in" again. It was also much less strenous. If I want to adjust something with the dials, I just move my right hand to grip the camera normally for a few seconds. An added bonus to this method is that if you are shooting with the SB-800 (and probably others), the camera + flash balance very nicely in your left hand, letting you zoom/focus with your right hand.
Well, I said it was obvious. But saying the D70 has no vertical grip is like sending the waiter back for another spoon because this one curves the wrong way. For my use I also find the battery argument near void with the current battery performance, I'd rather keep held weight low.
I can think of more than a few things I would rather buy for my D70 than a vertical grip, should one become available. Happy vertical shooting.
JoeB_UK
Forum Enthusiast
Thanks for that 
seems we cant order from http://www.hkjenis.com/company/dch/d0.htm
Do you think its a hoax?
seems we cant order from http://www.hkjenis.com/company/dch/d0.htm Do you think its a hoax?
JoeB_UK
Forum Enthusiast
Do any of you find shooting vertically is sometimes quite a pain? i dont know how it feels with the cameras that have vertical grips, but the small viewfinder doesnt help either 
Hal Fisher
Senior Member
Seems the change of grip would also require the flash to be reoriented as well. How is flash orientation handle usually?
Hal
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