----- Original Message ----- From: "David J Brooks" Subject: D-BG2 Battery Grip for K10D
> Any one using this grip. > > My plan is to have a look at the 60-250 F4 when it is released > hopefully in the not to distant future, and use the K10D as my prime > equine camera. My D200 gives me good static shots, but my action shots > tend to be soft. I like the colour and richness of the K10D > presentation shots i have done in the past. The small amount of action > stuff looked pretty good to. I have to less PPing with the K10D as > opposed to the D1H and D2H. > > If i go this route, and get the 60-250, i think it will be a large > some what heavy lens and which would help by getting the grip. > > Any one using it feel it helps in balance of larger lenses. > Does it let you know individual battery strengh like the D200. > Do you think 1 Pentax battery and 1 3rd party battery in the grip > would last for 450-550 shots, with chimping. The grip does a very nice job of balancing off bigger lenses. I routinely use an 80-200/2.8, and much prefer the way the camera handles with the grip on the camera. If the 3rd party battery is equivalent to the Pentax battery, you should have no problem. The grip allows you to choose the battery order that the camera uses. The choices are simultaneous, or you can choose to drain either the camera battery or grip battery first. I have my camera set to drain the grip battery, then switch over to the camera battery when the grip battery dies. It can be a moment of inconvenience, as the camera must be turned off and then on when the battery dies, but I like knowing when I am at the 50% point for battery consumption. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
