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In what way do battery grips improve performance?
Two batteries in parallel at the same voltage can supply more current than one of them alone can. If we were talking about car or truck engines we would say we have twice as much torque (current) at ...
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Is there a battery grip for the D3200 with a command dial on it?
It's highly doubtful such a grip exists.
Nikon did not design the D3200 to accommodate a grip.
Nikon doesn't offer a grip for the D3200 and other D3xx0 series cameras.
There are no additional ...
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Hot-swapping batteries in a battery grip
It depends on how the battery grip is made. There are two factors to consider:
Can one battery be removed without disconnecting the other? Some grips have a flap type door that opens to reveal both ...
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Can I enable back-button focus on a 3rd-party battery grip for my Nikon D610?
Go into your custom settings menu and assign and scroll down until you see the "Assign MB-D15" button. Change it to "AF-ON" or whatever you want it to be.
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Can I enable back-button focus on a 3rd-party battery grip for my Nikon D610?
The way every grip I've ever used has worked is that whatever particular button on the grip corresponds to a particular button on the camera will function the same way as that button on the camera ...
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Can you get 4-Battery sized Grip for Canon 6D
You can only buy two battery camera groups for the Canon 6D. Have a look at the Canon BG-E13.
This let's you use two batteries which effectively doubles the battery life of your camera.
You can also ...
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In what way do battery grips improve performance?
Modern cameras don't use simple electric motors. Their power is not directly proportional to the voltage provided, it stays the same whatever voltage applied.
Reading several sources I can deduce ...
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In what way do battery grips improve performance?
It might sound silly to you, but my two main reasons for using a grip are these:
1) Better balance and inertia when using big lenses
2) My pinky finger no longer slips off the bottom of the camera
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Battery grip for sony cameras
One possible reason is that the NEX-F2's card slot is under the bottom, so a grip would have to either:
leave space for card access (and so would not have much space for batteries)
completely lock up ...
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Using an external battery pack with my Nikon d5200 caused glitches
The thing to keep in mind is that all of these third party products are reverse engineered and probably haven't been tested in every conceivable scenario before being released to the public. The ...
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Problem with a battery grip
yes the camera will not turn on without the battery cover in place. However, the battery cover is fully detachable and has to be removed completely for the battery grip to be fitted. It is also likely ...
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Battery life Nikon D5100
From the description you've supplied it looks like your battery has failed and needs replacing. The easiest way to test it is to find someone who has another d5100 near you and try your battery in ...
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Is it worth buying a battery grip for my camera?
I adquired an official Canon battery grip (bought a month after buying my 7D) and I can say that I hardly ever used it at all. Sure it doubles the battery life but I would never leave home without ...
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