OwnUser E51-R 3rd Party Grips for the E510 and E510....

Hi folks:

Have a few questions here regarding this grip. To begin with, I've used the older OwnUser grips with much success on the likes of my E510 and E330. By success, I mean to say that the batteries lasted what seems like indefinitely - but on the negative size, these older grips were huge and didn't have the nicest looks possible.

So I invested in this new E51R grip for my E520. It most certainly is an improvement from the older grips - looks more streamed, that's for sure, and the batteries are easy to insert in the rear.

But my problem has been that if you put in 2 batteries in this grip - in less than a week, my batteries are completed drained - even when having the grip turned off. I don't understand it. This baby sucks the batteries dry....in what seems like just a short week.

Has anybody with this grip experienced this? I ordered it off of Ebay of course and the grip came from the UK.

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Hey Ben,

I have had both the old model and the new one for my E-510 and yes this thing suck batteries dry, I think it has to do with the IR receiver, even turning that off does nothing to keep the batteries from discharging. I unplug the USB cord from the camera and that tends to help, but sometimes I am still left with dead batteries. I would also love to see if anyone has the solution to this.

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This makes sense - now I have to email OwnUser to find out an address and the procedures for sending it back - which really sucks because now I have to pay shipping to Taiwain. Oh well, that's the problem you have when you buy from across the globe.
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I have the same issue.

I received the grip two weeks ago, threw in a battery, took some pics, the next day the battery was empty...tried two other full batteries, did the same thing.

I've emailed them and they sent me a nice note to send it back and they will repair/replace within two days...bummer, I'm off to vacation in a week and was hoping to take this with me...oh well, I really love the grip, hope it gets fixed.

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I contacted OwnUser about the problem and yes that a certain amount of these particular grips were sent out with faulty parts. I sent them an email and they replied below:

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Dear Ben,

Thank you for the mail.

Please return the grip to the following address:
Ownuser Co., Ltd.
No.53, Sec.2, Daguan Rd,
Banqiao City, Taipei County 220,
Taiwan
Tel: 886-2-22756637

Please also include your address. After checking it, we will send it back you by post. We really appreciate your supports in our products. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us. Sorry for any inconvenience that caused.

Best Regards
Ownuser

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So I'm sending mine in in the next day or two.
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A short search at on-line shops gave me no results. Doing further digging now...

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Here's the list of world distributors:
http://www.ownuser.com.tw/e_agent_2.htm

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