Customer Reviews

Canon BG-E8 Battery Grip for Canon T2i Digital SLR Cameras (Retail Package)

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1 star:		(1)

 

 

The grip is an accessory you should have for this camera. I do have larger hands, so holding the camera is a bit uncomfortable. But with the grip it helps out a lot.

Benefits of it: Can put in 2 battery packs to have lots of shooting time without switching. Also there are camera controls (trigger and other controls) on it which allow you to shoot vertical pictures without having to twist your hands.

While it adds some weight, the camera is actually too light for my taste. Adding this to it helps keep my shots steadier without having to rely too much on IS lenses.

I also had the appropriate grip on my Canon Rebel XTi and never took it off for years.

There is also an adapter included that will take AA batteries if you are desperate for power and forgot your charger.

Paid a premium on this due to it being sold out elsewhere but it was essential to an upcoming video shoot. It adds nice weight to the T2i and makes the camera feel a bit more solid. The AA battery cartridge that comes along with it saved my shoot as I was out of juice on my E8 batteries with no way to recharge quickly. I popped six readily-available AA's in and finished off the video shoot with no problems.

I bought the T2i for my wife. This is the eighth EOS camera we've bought; the first two were film SLR, the T2i is the sixth DSLR. We've bought the battery grips for all eight when we bought each camera. They double the number of shots as well as make vertical shooting much easier. Unless one is put off by the extra weight, our opinion is the battery grips are must-have accessories. Example: May of this year she shot over 800 photos in one day (and I shot over 1100 with my 7D) yet all batteries showed over 1/2 charge remaining. We were shooting birds from blinds (with gimbals on tripods) and the zoom-lens collars allowed rotating to either vertical or horizontal and the shutter releases on the battery grips allowed vertical shooting without having to twist our hands to reach the shutter releases on the camera bodies.

Well if you have medium to large hands this is an excellent addition that make the camera way more ergonomic not to mention to ability to use two batteries at once or 6 AA. That said you can say it overpriced due to it being a canon part so minus one star for that. I would recommend people buy this with their t2i even with the price.

It would be nice if this had a few extra buttons on it but it has the main ones that I need to use available so that's just fine. I was tempted to go with an after-market brand unit but I decided seeing as I do use my camera a LOT it would be a smarter idea to go with a brand name unit.

I've had my unit attached to my camera for almost a year now and have loved it ever since. I enjoy being able to pop in "AA" batteries when I have killed my other 2 Canon lithium cells that I typically keep in the grip. I do a lot of portrait work and this helps to make it less awkward to handle the camera. Not to mention that the camera looks bigger to the client and makes them feel like it's something big and impacting to the photos I'm taking. Little do they know I am using the cheapest option that I was willing to settle for to do work that I would much rather have a 50D MkII for, lol.

All in all, the added power allows me to not have to worry about running out of power at weddings, balls, dances, games, whatever... Some events I can end up with 900 or better shots, that's a heck of a lot of shots and before I had the grip it would always end up that I would run out of power at just the wrong time! Now that's no longer an issue.

Most people don't really need a grip and probably shouldn't bother with it. I don't come across too many that take 900-1300 shots on a given day, with a T2i, lol. So unless you know that you need that constant insurance of extra power to go the distance don't bother with the expense.

I'd say T2i is a pretty light camera to carry around especially with kit lens. This battery grip will make it rather heavy which could be good and bad depending on the situation. I personally like it. It doesn't matter if you had big or smaller hands, it fits. Double battery, easier to shoot portrait, looking good, fits T2i perfectly. I would say it's a must buy if it wasn't expensive.(By the time I got it was about $170~$190) Made in Taiwan, not China.

This is a must have as it adds not only more battery life, but more grip to the camera itself. I was at first thinking about buying the cheaper knock off, but thought to myself why buy a knock off that is going to attach itself to a nice camera. Also I did not want to take the risk of something bad happening to my $900 camera, so spending the extra buck was well worth it. It also came with a second tray that I can use regular double A batteries if need be in an emergency. It really is a must have product to have as far as I am concerned especially for video production as I do.

I'm using this on a Canon Rebel T2i and I love it!! I have big hands and this makes it feel just right. Don't buy the aftermarket battery grips, buy Canon and you'll be happy. Why skimp now after you paid so much for your camera? Make it look and feel professional!

Good products deserve good reviews and this product has earned our endorsement. My wife and I operate a photo business on the side, and this is one of the purchases that we made to supplement our main camera.

Here are the pros and cons:

Cons:
- A few of the other reviews mentioned weight as a factor in battery grips, and that's one of the things my wife mentioned when we got this too. When you're working an all day job, weight is an important factor especially when doing outside shoots. She did notice that she got tired after 5 hours of holding it, but this weight is also piece of mind you are carrying with you. This is the only con that was worth mentioning.

Pros:
- The battery grip fit on the first try and was compatible with all our battery packs. It also fit my wife's hands well enough (she has medium-sized hands) for her to continue using and she never had to change her batteries over the 2-3 day shoot.
- The rubber contour of the grip also helped during the summer shoots esp. for sweaty hands.

The other reviews on this product were very helpful to us, and we wanted to say thanks for the piece of mind they offered. I also suggest that you go to the Canon site, and any other photography retailer and check out their reviews as well.

I just bought the Canon T2i camera and was reading about useful accessories. I had to have the battery grip. I read some of the reviews of off brand battery grips but decided to buy the original Canon. A bit more expensive, but worth it to me. Perfect match to my camera. Works great and was delivered the date quoted. I'm very, very pleased.