Summerjoy wrote:
noggin2k1 wrote:
JoeSchmoe007 wrote:
I have a question about battery grip: it can be added to R5. So is there anything that makes R5 optional grip worse than R3 built-in grip?
For me - yes.
Battery grip can be added, but it never quite feels the same. There's always that bit of play in the grip, and it'll always need tightening every so often. I use a Spider Holster for the bodies, and the last thing I want at back of my head is that the cameras are going to come away form the grip.
I had gripped R5's before I had the R3's - sure they were great, but I much prefer an integrated solution.
Secondly, I found each R5 needed 4x LP-E6NH's per wedding, versus a single LP-E19 for the R3's. The R3's come with dual battery chargers, so charging 4x batteries in 2x chargers is A LOT easier than charging 10x batteries in 5x aftermarket chargers when it's back to back weddings.
But don’t forget you can’t load the batteries in the dual charger simultaneously, only one after another which is for me annoying,
In the end the R3 wins for me with the integrated solution in any way.
Oh that pales into insignificance with the battery issues I had with a gripped R5!
With my old Sony bodies, it'd deplete each battery separately - so if you had 25% charge left, one battery would be flat, and the other would have 50% left. Change 1x battery and you're back to 75%, wonderful stuff.
With a gripped R5, it'd drain both batteries concurrently - so 25% charge means each battery has 25%, which means you're pretty much always changing both batteries, and never letting them fully drain.