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Canon BG E2N Battery Grip for Canon 20D 30D 40D and 50D Digital SLR Cameras

Sealing material to resist water and dust / Adds a vertical shutter release / Compatible with up to 2 511A Lithium-ion battery packs or 6 AA batteries

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4 Stars Cannot live without it.
Just bought a new Canon 50d and bought the grip recently. I have had canon grips in the past and they prove to be invaluable. Placing 2 batteries in the grip allow shooting for all day sessions. Battery encourages portrait-style photos. Only downside is that the back focus button is not on the grip when you want to use the custom functions. Highly recommended and adds some heft to the camera..

5 Stars Gripped my 40d!
You cant go wrong with the battery grip!

Allows ease of use to shoot vertically, and increases battery life by far!

Anyone with the 20d, 30d, 40d, and 50d needs to have this product. Better grip over all.

I have the canon hand strap for mines and i can carry my camera in one hand all day with a f/2.8 16-35mm II L attached to it, without ever pulling out the neck strap and using it!

5 Stars Useful, well-thought out product but consider the weight it adds
Canon’s Battery grip is a useful, well-thought out product. As an example of how well thought-out it is, when you remove the battery compartment cover, there is a small slot in the grip to put the cover so that you don’t lose it.

The grip allows you to go so long without charging the batteries that sometimes it can be hard to remember to charge them. I have never used up the batteries in a single day. It also helps balance the camera when using a heavy lens such as the 70-200 2.8 IS. It feels good in my hand as well.

The only thing to consider before you buy it is the weight it adds. Combine the 50D, with two batteries, the grip, and the 24-70 2.8 and my wife does not like to help it for more than a few shots. Although, I won’t knock off a star for the weight because that is not a flaw in the product just something you want to consider.

By the way, the first one that I bought the portrait shutter button did not work. When it first arrives, check to ensure that the portrait shutter features work so that you don’t only possibly discover it after the return period.

4 Stars Nice Battery Grip
The BG-E2N is a nice battery grip. Honestly though, I think the other second hand grips are just as nice now. My Canon BG-E2N does not fit completely snug up against my 50D, and the Shutter button is not as accurate as the 50D shutter. Still a nice grip though. The weather guard is makes it worth it. Plus I like how it has a compartment for the original battery door so you don’t lose it.

5 Stars Excellent must have acessory for the 50D.
I could have gone generic but this at ~$150 I couldn’t pass up getting the authentic Canon accessory. Battery life is superb and the grip adds that extra touch to handling the camera. It feels like a real camera and not a toy. I swapped the functions of the ‘*’ and the ‘AF-ON’ buttons so I can use the ‘*’ to focus independently on the grip.

The grip attaches firmly to the camera with no play whatsoever. The battery compartment hides away inside so you don’t lose it.

Must have accessory.

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Adorama Wireless Radio Remote Release for Canon EOS 5D 10D 20D 30D and 40D SLR Digital Cameras 3 Pin

This product can eliminate the need for a cable release, it also allows the camera to be fired from a distance up to 100ft and uses RF (radio frequency) signals, not line-of-sight like infrared. Transmitter has a 2 position switch, press lightly for prefocusing, and then continue pressing to release the shutter. LED lights indicate prefocus and exposure.

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5 Stars It works and is much more affordable
There’s not much to say about its operation as it works fine with my Canon 50D. As another reviewer has mentioned, one of the AAA batteries must be placed pointed the opposite way alongside the other battery. It really is unusual to see the tension spring on the negative end in the battery compartment.

The only issue I have is that my remote came with the battery already installed in the transmitter and a hook & loop tape that was in the enclosed parts list was nowhere to be found. I have never had any problems with Adorama in the past but if this was a demo or return unit, it still shouidn’t be a problem. I am just wondering if there really was a hook & loop tape that was missing and if it was a required part. I also noticed another reviewer mentioned something about an extra battery… which was not in my package.

I have a suspicion that some of the older pre-2008 reviews were based on what might be an older version of this remote. The one I have feels quite solid and not cheap. The battery covers are actually on quite tightly and required some force to remove. Also, the receiver I have uses 2 AAA batteries and not one CR2 battery as described in other reviews.

However, it should be noted that this remote should not be used when the camera is set in the high speed multiple shot mode. Mine malfuntioned and would not stop shooting until I disconnected the remote receiver and I removed the camera battery just in case. This same occurrence was also reported by another reviewer.

5 Stars A Little Different, A Lot of Difference
Simple. Compact. Different. I wasn’t too sure whether I would like this product when it arrived in the mail. It seemed too light weight, small, to make a different. But it ended up being a very good investment. Once connected, it worked perfect. There was a big difference in carrying around the cordless trigger (which is easy to hide if you are in the picture), rather than a cord trailing you for 25- 50 feet. Setup is easy. A little more expensive than the corded triggers but worth it to me.

3 Stars BE CAREFUL WITH BATTERY INSTALLATION!
I’ve deleted my old review because I decided to give this remote another chance before sending it back, and because it definitely deserves more than the one star I’d previously given it.

The batteries I had been using when I posted my previous review were a little on the old side, but not past their expiration date. Having bought new batteries, I installed them and thought again that this product was faulty. It wasn’t until I removed the batteries that I noticed something very strange about the design of this remote. In 99.9999% of the battery-operated products out on the market, batteries are installed with the negative side of the battery against the tension-spring conductor. In this product, however, one of the batteries is not, so it will look to you like you’re installing the battery backwards. Anyone buying this needs to take care not to make what would be a normal and incredibly understandable assumption about how batteries ought to be installed in the receiver. In fact, it’s entirely possible that this device could be damaged with incorrect battery installation.

Once the new batteries were installed, and had been put in correctly, it worked, but not without problems: the cover for the batteries on the receiver easily fell off and, despite the tension-spring conductors, the batteries seemed to lose contact. I suspect that the problem was with the battery with the tension-spring on the wrong side, and I’m not entirely convinced that some tape over the cover door will correct this problem. The problem there is that tension-spring conductors are not meant to be mated up to a battery’s positive terminal. That said, the camera worked in manual focus, and in auto-focus modes (where pressing the transmitter’s button until its LED turns green causes the camera to focus, and then pressing it completely until the LED glows red causes the camera’s shutter to release). It worked fine in single shot mode, in low speed continuous mode, with the 10-second timer turned on, and with the 2-second timer turned on. However, the first time I tested it in high speed continuous mode, the receiver remained turned “on” and the camera wouldn’t stop taking photos until I removed the receiver’s connector from the camera’s N-type outlet. Although I use the high speed continuous mode very rarely, I am completely underwhelmed and less than impressed with this device.

With the type of design found in the receiver’s battery compartment, and the cheap materials used, I don’t expect it to last very long, and I can’t say that I’m too thrilled with the idea of connecting such a thing to a nearly $1300 EOS 50D, and I ABSOLUTELY WON’T be using this anytime that I might want to use my camera in high speed continuous mode. (I’ll use this until I’m able to afford Canon’s insanely expensive wireless remote. When I can afford that, this thing will get tossed into the trash, as I wouldn’t want to donate it to anybody.)

4 Stars Does the job, doubts about longevity
Got an identical set on eBay from the source in China for $25, free shipping.

Pro: works! The receiver uses AAA batteries, easy to find.

Con: not build to last. Using duck-tape to keep things together might not be a stretch in the future. The controller uses an odd size battery, maybe expensive to replace. The controller doesn’t have a on/off switch. So I take the battery out when not in use.

Look on eBay and it’s not hard to find. I am not a seller or in anyway related to the seller(s).

5 Stars great little remote
This is a great little remote, I’ve had mine for about a year and it is still going strong. The range seems pretty good, I’ve set my camera up on a tripod focused on a bird feeder which I triggered from within the house for a few shots I wouldn’t have been able to get as easily. It does feel quite cheap, but as long as you are careful I don’t think that will be a problem, but considering you can order this remote for under $20 from Hong Kong sellers it’s cheap enough to replace if something goes wrong. Sure the canon brand remotes may be built better, but you’d have to go through quite a few of these before you even come close to matching the canon prices.

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Canon ACK E2 AC Power Adapter Kit for Canon 30D 40D 50D and 5D Digital SLR Cameras

Canon is a leader in professional business and consumer imaging equipment and information systems. By developing innovative, high-quality business solutions Canon makes it easy to create, manage, and share images and information better, faster, and more efficiently.

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5 Stars It’s what canon Left OUT of the Kit
This is what Canon left out of the kit. Well, not really but it would have been nice to find one in the box. Though it’s really only good for stationary studio work.

But, that is exactly why I bought these adapter. I can leave Liveview running full time while I do product shots and never have to swap out batteries after a couple hours or so…I would say for me it’s worth it;s weight in gold. Just slips into your battery compartment and on the 40D the cord exits sort of out the front of the body. There is a small rubber flap I never noticed until I bought the adapter and had to figure out how it was going to work given the battery door…hehehe…turns out Canon was thinking ahead on this one.

I highly recommend this to anyone who shoots a lot of static studio product shots and needs Liveview. It will save you 2-3x it’s cost in the first year you use it since you won’t need extra BP511A batteries for your studio time. There is pretty much no strain on the camera from the adapter so you could, with a long enough extension cord and some nimble feet, move around a bit with the camera off the tripod.

5 Stars Great Idea!
I don’t have to worry about battery power when taking many photos at one time.

4 Stars Works as advertised
Plugged it in, worked like a charm. Could stand to be cheaper… if you can get a hold of a cheaper, reliable alternative, go for it.

4 Stars Canon Adapter Kit
Compareble cheap and high quality item. I also admire that Amozon delivered it on time. Thanks a lot.

5 Stars Power for indoor shoots that doesn’t fail
I use these adapter kits to power my cameras on indoor professional shoot sessions. They are reliable and easy to use in my Canon EOS digital cameras.

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