Third party battery grips

Good to hear times have changed . Couldn't even get a good price from Michaels some years ago even when the then GF worked there with staff discount. So gave up on them

A friend and Colleague picked up a 3rd party Grip of Ebay for his D800. that was a few months back. he says he could not pick the difference between that and the real one. I've never seen it on his D800 yet.

Put a deposit down on my battery grip today and will be buying my camera next week. I had a play with it in the shop and although its pretty much the same size as my D80 it just feels so much more chunkier and robust.....so excited.

It appears everyone has a 3 week backorder on the grips at this point. and camera warehouse close to home matched the price of photo continental which was for camera and grip $1718 I couldnt seem to find a better price that stoked both the camera and the grip

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Originally Posted by dullbird

Hey I'm going to be getting a new camera body and I would like a battery grip.

the manufacturers grip is over 300 but third party ones are half the price.
but with all the same functions and in some case more.

Does anyone on here use a third party grip? or is it best to stay away from them?

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I bought one for my wife for he Nikon D700 and it is great , has more features than the original and a remote included as well.

She is very happy with it and was not than 1/4 of the price of a gen one.

yeah I new they are cheap..but I decided to go genuine