Battery grip for Pentax k-1

Hi Alan,

No, I am not looking to add more weight, but more body to hold on to. Only my thumb and first two fingers hold the K-1. I want my whole hand on it, especially when using my 24-70 and 10-30.

Yes, there are third party grips, but I certainly wouldn't try one.

Terry

Hey Miles,

Thank you. I will get it worked out. BTW, I ordered the 15-30 today. Will let you know how it goes.

Terry

4children said:

Hey Miles,

Thank you. I will get it worked out. BTW, I ordered the 15-30 today. Will let you know how it goes.

Terry

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I'm sure you will, looking forward to your 15-30 impressions!

Hey Miles,

I am pretty excited about it. I was going to get a portrait lens next, but I'm still uncertain about what to get, so I just bought the next lens on my list. I'm probably going to have the most fun with it, too.

Terry

Hello,

Thank you very much. Can it be done without a battery in the camera? Just one in the grip, and exchange that one when it's low. I will have two batteries.

Thank you,

Terry

Hi Alex,

I'm just learning the entire system. How would I set the camera up to run the grip as the primary battery, then the camera. That would work. Then I can keep changing out the grip battery. Thank you.

Terry

Sorry, I just got this. Thanks, thats great to know and just what I'm going to do.

Terry

4children said:

Hi Alex,

I'm just learning the entire system. How would I set the camera up to run the grip as the primary battery, then the camera. That would work. Then I can keep changing out the grip battery. Thank you.

Terry

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It's described in the manual, page 34 - in the menu, go to the 4th settings tab and there you have "Select Battery". Select Grip First.

Alex

Hi Sweets,

I got my battery grip and set it up exactly like yours. Thanks for the suggestion. I thought the grip would make the camera very tall. Not at all. It's a very good design. It fits my hand nicely and is really helpful when my 15-30 and 24-70 are mounted.

Terry

KentG said:

Welcome to those who know what a vertical grip is for. Like you I followed the same camera progression, *ist D, K10D, K20D, K5II, K5IIs, and K-1. Nothing in between interested me unless it had a vertical grip.

Kent Gittings

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I agree that a well designed vertical grip can be a great thing .

I had the VG for my *istD , but only because my used camera came with it , and if it wasn’t because of the poor battery life of AA cells , I wouldn’t have bothered with it as I didn’t like the weight and bulk , nor did I find the extra controls on that grip all that great - in fact , from memory , they were prone to locking the camera up if used in a certain way ( I’d forgotten about that ) .

In contrast , the battery grip for my MZ-S was just so beautifully engineered, perfectly sculpted to fit my hands so that it was a pleasure to use , and yet I bought it primarily to get the ability to use AA batteries instead of the non rechargeable lithium cells which were expensive and not so readily available.

I never bothered with the grip for my K-3 , and haven’t bought one for my K-1 so far as the small size of the camera is one of the attractions for me , and I don’t find it such a hardship using it in portrait mode without the grip . Perhaps if I get some bigger lenses that may change .

Hi Derek,

I was advised not to over tighten the grip, so I was careful not to. What I'm finding is that if the grip is not tightened enough, then it isn't drawn tight enough to the body, leaving a gap for dirt or water to get in. If I tighten it enough to close the gap, I can see that it may get too tight, making it hard to get off. The body contacts the grip at the outer edges, first.

Terry

This is very interesting, I didn't know there was more than one type of battery grip.

So there is one specifically for shooting portraits orientation? That is something that I would be interested in.

Florida Suse said:

This is very interesting, I didn't know there was more than one type of battery grip.

So there is one specifically for shooting portraits orientation? That is something that I would be interested in.

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There must be a misunderstanding - there is one OEM battery grip for the K-1, and that's the D-BG6.

Alex

Yes. The standard Pentax grip does. I highly recommend it for that purpose.

Terry