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Anonymous
As someone who used to snark at the battery grips, I know where you're coming from.
Then, when shooting with a 70-200 F/2.8 with a 580EX on a 5D for the third week of excessive shooting I started to get shooting pains in my wrist when I shot in portrait. That's when I decided that maybe this grip thing wasn't a bad idea.
Yeah, it's way overpriced, it makes your rig a lot harder to stuff in a standard case, it's heavy, it makes it harder to rest your camera flat on a table, and I don't like it for tripod shooting, but when I'm shooting with the 24-70 2.8 or heavier and I'm going to hand-hold at length, I swallow my snark and save my fucking wrists. It does seem to steady my camera too.
I'll agree that it should be the last thing you get for your standard shooting setup, but it has a use. That being said, the douche with the kit lens and the XT with battery grip, not so much.
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