Battery Grip for Canon 40D?

Graham Cracker

I am looking at getting a battery grip for my Canon 20D and 40D. Big variance in price among brands. Any suggestions would be appreciated as I recently had a horrible online purchase experience with a grey market lens looking for the "price" Thanks

Cuong

Graham Cracker wrote:

I am looking at getting a battery grip for my Canon 20D and 40D. Big variance in price among brands. Any suggestions would be appreciated as I recently had a horrible online purchase experience with a grey market lens looking for the "price" Thanks

You can try finding it here on dgrin flea market. My recommendation is to use Canon battery grip.

Cuong

Graham Cracker

Cuong wrote:

You can try finding it here on dgrin flea market. My recommendation is to use Canon battery grip.

Cuong

Thanks, Patrick

pyry

Cuong wrote:

You can try finding it here on dgrin flea market. My recommendation is to use Canon battery grip.

Cuong

Second. Canon's grips also function as portrait grips, they have shutter buttons, main wheels and so forth. And they take your existing batteries.

crmitche

I'm with Cuong. Stick with the Canon grip. The aftermarket brands just don't cut it. I picked mine up from a craiglist posting for $100.

G'Luck
Craig

Scott_Quier

The Canon grips are quite nice. Love mine.

Something to be careful of ... I'm not certain, but I don't believe the BG-E2 is compatible with the 40D or that the BG-E2n is compatible with the 20D. Something to research anyway.

pyry

Scott_Quier wrote:

The Canon grips are quite nice. Love mine.

Something to be careful of ... I'm not certain, but I don't believe the BG-E2 is compatible with the 40D or that the BG-E2n is compatible with the 20D. Something to research anyway.

I think they fit. I could test the old E2 on my friend's 40D, but he doesn't have any grip so can't test the other way around.

Here's the best link I found on the subject.

evoryware

The BG-E2 will work with both 20 and 40D. I don't know about the E2N.

http://www.digitalgrin.com/showpost.php?p=620533&postcount=29

I have the BG-E2N.

Tee Why

I've bought a third party grip for an XT/XTi and a Canon one, the rubber, plastic, and the buttons were better with a Canon. I would recommend a Canon one if you can afford it.

I remember reading that BGe2's will work on 20/30/40 while I haven't heard if the BGE2N is backward compatible with the 20/30D though.

I know the newer N version has some sealing that the old grip didn't have if having a sealed rig is a factor for you.

I've bought mine from digitalfotoclub.com without problems for about the lowest price online.

evoryware

From the Canon site:
BG-E2N
<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR><TD>EOS 20D</TD></TR><TR><TD>EOS 20D EF-S 18-55mm Kit</TD></TR><TR><TD>EOS 20Da</TD></TR><TR><TD>EOS 30D</TD></TR><TR><TD>EOS 30D EF-S 18-55mm Kit</TD></TR><TR><TD>EOS 40D</TD></TR><TR><TD>EOS 40D EF 28-135mm IS Kit</TD></TR><TR><TD>EOS 50D

http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-BG-E2N-Battery-Grip-Review.aspx

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Scott_Quier

evoryware wrote:

From the Canon site:
BG-E2N
<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR><TD>EOS 20D</TD></TR><TR><TD>EOS 20D EF-S 18-55mm Kit</TD></TR><TR><TD>EOS 20Da</TD></TR><TR><TD>EOS 30D</TD></TR><TR><TD>EOS 30D EF-S 18-55mm Kit</TD></TR><TR><TD>EOS 40D</TD></TR><TR><TD>EOS 40D EF 28-135mm IS Kit</TD></TR><TR><TD>EOS 50D

http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-BG-E2N-Battery-Grip-Review.aspx

Well, that's certainly good news. I've a couple of the older BGs and am looking/contemplating getting a couple of 50Ds in the near future. If it does, indeed, work then that's some $300 saved.