I don’t know about you, but when I typically tilt to shoot vertical, my horizons are almost always skewed. You can continue shooting quickly without needing to adjust with the usual awkward and somewhat uncomfortable 90 degree tilted hold.Ī side effect of the less awkward shooting position is actually being able to achieve desired portrait mode composition. Your muscle memory will feel right at home. It’s especially helpful that many of the controls are duplicated in this position, so there is nothing foreign about shooting portrait. The vertical controls allow you to have the comfort of using a normal shooting position when taking vertical photos. This switch activates and deactivates these buttons, and does not affect the battery connection to your camera. If you find yourself accidentally pressing any of these buttons, there is an On/Off feature for most grips. For my Canon grip, these controls include the shutter release, main dial, AF selection button 1, AF-ON button, AE Lock button, and AF selection button 2. This includes the main few buttons used by your index finger and thumb. 2 – Battery Lifeīattery grips come with dedicated controls for shooting in portrait mode. This splits the workload between your hands better so your left hand isn’t left with all of the weight. However, the larger holding area with a battery grip now allows you to have a little more leverage with meaty lenses. Your left hand under the lens certainly does more of the tilting and pivoting. Longer and heavier lenses can also be difficult to handle with your right hand that holds the body. Now, using a battery grip, I have another level of increased comfort that my current camera doesn’t have. Simply upgrading to a larger mid-level DSLR felt much better because of the increased surface area to hold. I could not shoot without my hand cramping up after an hour or so.
My hands aren’t especially large, and used to always hurt using my entry level Canon EOS T2i. This is not necessarily only for people with large hands. This results in a much more ergonomic holding position, with a larger area for your palm to rest and for your fingers to grip. The battery grip extends the area where your right hand rests, allowing more room for your hold on the camera. If you feel that your DSLR or mirrorless camera is slightly uncomfortable to hold or causes your fingers to hurt after an hour or so of shooting, a battery grip would certainly help.
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