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Hoddo
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20th May 08 at 18:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Well, lovely bit of kit. stops my 350D looking so poxy.



recommend this to anyone remotely serious about photography, as jonny said before
JonnyJ
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20th May 08 at 18:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Muchos better



Battery grips FTW

[Edited on 20-05-2008 by JonnyJ]
JonnyJ
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20th May 08 at 18:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I see we both have our 50s on aswel
Whittie
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20th May 08 at 19:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
What are the benefits of a grip?
JonnyJ
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20th May 08 at 19:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Extra battery, controls for adjusting aperture/shutter speed, shutter button. When you use mine with a EN-EL4 Battery i get 8fps instead of 6.

Its more stable, feels better to hold when shooting portrait. Oh and it looks better
AndyKent
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21st May 08 at 11:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Interesting that you get a speed boost with yours - don't think the Canon one does that
JonnyJ
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21st May 08 at 14:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Nikon has V-tec. Canon users couldnt handle the extra power
Scotty_B
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21st May 08 at 15:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I got one for my D40 which makes if better to handle with larger lenses.
John
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21st May 08 at 15:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Limitation on the canon is how fast it can write to the card, nothing to do with power issues, which i'm only assuming is the reason for speed up with a battery pack.
morpheus22
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21st May 08 at 17:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
instead of making another post..... im after a zoom lense (for xmas) just been looking at a few on jessops, just after a few opinions

http://www.jessops.com/Products/ProductDetail.aspx?SkuId=24123

http://www.jessops.com/Store/s32829/0/Lenses/Nikon/AF-S-18-200mm-f-and-35-56G-Dx-VR-Lens/details.aspx

welcome to other sugestions
AndyKent
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22nd May 08 at 12:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
You want a zoom lens for christmas? But its May lol!

In any case, they're both pretty expensive and pushing into the 'semi-pro' range I would imagine. Just make sure that a lens like that doesn't just get put to one side and that you'll use it a lot to make it worth the money.
morpheus22
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23rd May 08 at 06:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i know but there is really nothing i want other than a decent zoom lense, i went to chester zoo last weekend and i really could have done with a better zoom lense tbh, and for when i go to car shows/track days etc, oh and it wont just be put to the side as where i live there is loads of nature i can take pics of .... just wonderd wich people would choose

[Edited on 23-05-2008 by morpheus22]
Hoddo
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23rd May 08 at 09:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by JonnyJ
Muchos better



Battery grips FTW

[Edited on 20-05-2008 by JonnyJ]



aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh.
Whittie
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23rd May 08 at 09:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Hoddo
quote:
Originally posted by JonnyJ
Muchos better



Battery grips FTW

[Edited on 20-05-2008 by JonnyJ]



aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh.


AndyKent
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23rd May 08 at 17:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by morpheus22
i know but there is really nothing i want other than a decent zoom lense, i went to chester zoo last weekend and i really could have done with a better zoom lense tbh, and for when i go to car shows/track days etc, oh and it wont just be put to the side as where i live there is loads of nature i can take pics of .... just wonderd wich people would choose

[Edited on 23-05-2008 by morpheus22]


Well its up to you. I spent more than that on a single lens not so long ago, but mostly because I hope that it'll pay back itself as I photograph for race teams.

I'd be a little more nervous of spending that much on something unless I knew it was going to be used to its full potential.

Only you can say whether you REALLY want/need something like that.

Not trying to put you off at all, just don't want you to blow all your cash

 
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