Christopher Lovenguth |
December 14th, 2009 03:11 PM |
I've never seen the timer grips other then on EBay. I had been tempted to get one of these for my original 5D since until rather recently they didn't exists for 5D II. I think some un-named company is taking a generic grip and adding the timer, thus only being sold on Ebay. I have a real Canon grip for my 5D and the knock-off generic (Adorama's version) for my 5D II and the difference in the two I can't really tell except for the HUGE price difference. I'm tempted by this since I want another grip so that I can keep one permanently attached to my redrock rig so that all I have to do is drop the 5D II on to the grip when rigging up, would save me 5-10mins and the headache of a hex bolt that screws in from under the shoulder rest on my rig. Plus I use a timer in my photography sometimes for time-lapse and if this timer works the same, it would be one less piece of equipment out in the field.
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