Which grip for D500?

Yorkmiester · Jan 20, 2017

Hey folks,

Loving my new D500, and looking to get a grip for it. Looking to use an EL-15 in the grip, as those are the batteries I have.

1 - are the aftermarket grips good / fully featured? if so, which ones?
2 - Do they have that fn button near the shutter?

Or is it really no comparison, and I should just cough up the 600 CAD for the Nikon grip?

Thanks!

ASR45 · Jan 20, 2017

There are a few after market grips, i have used the meike grip good quality and works a treat zero problems saved a few hundred quid on the Nikon, put the money to good glass as a saving. There are some negative comments folk like to distribute about third party grips, mostly nonsense coming from folk that don't have them or like to justify themselves in buying only Nikon. My advice buy the pixel or meike grip, like i have said had mine several months with no problems works a treat at fraction of the cost.

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Yorkmiester · Jan 20, 2017

ASR45 said:
There are a few after market grips, i have used the meike grip good quality and works a treat zero problems saved a few hundred quid on the Nikon, put the money to good glass as a saving. There are some negative comments folk like to distribute about third party grips, mostly nonsense coming from folk that don't have them or like to justify themselves in buying only Nikon. My advice buy the pixel or meike grip, like i have said had mine several months with no problems works a treat at fraction of the cost.

evan47 · Jan 20, 2017

I have put a grip on 5 of my dslrs, nikon every time and never a problem.

Sure, they are expensive but you know they will last.

pe1125 · Jan 20, 2017

Duplicating a question I asked on the thread on the DSTE version of the grip, does the Meike grip joystick fully duplicate the programmable functionality one has on the camera joystick? If you have the camera joystick "Press" assigned to AF-ON+AF area, does the grip joystick engage AF + AF-mode in the same way when pressed? Does it on a Nikon grip?

Sandy27000 · Jan 20, 2017

I have had the Nikon grip for a few months and it's great, pricey but worth it.

Marti58 · Jan 20, 2017

evan47 said:
I have put a grip on 5 of my dslrs, nikon every time and never a problem.

Sure, they are expensive but you know they will last.

+1 always bought genuine ones.....not an single problem.

n057 · Jan 20, 2017

Yorkmiester said:
Hey folks,

Loving my new D500, and looking to get a grip for it. Looking to use an EL-15 in the grip, as those are the batteries I have.

1 - are the aftermarket grips good / fully featured? if so, which ones?
2 - Do they have that fn button near the shutter?

Or is it really no comparison, and I should just cough up the 600 CAD for the Nikon grip?

Thanks!

Yes, because you *know* it will work as advertised, barring a defect, in which case it will be replaced

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