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kthung · 11-22-2009, 12:25 AM

So my battery grip has a few bent pins which means that when they are pushed down they dont come back up properly. I have to use tweezers to pull them up. The grip works perfectly fine except that every time i attach/remove the grip i have to pull the pins up myself otherwise i lose functionality of the front e-dial and the camera wont focus with a half push of the shutter button on the grip.

Has anyone else had this problem and/or knows how much a repair would cost?

**tomwil** · 11-22-2009, 11:18 AM

Very common problem!

https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/camera-studio-accessories/68659-d-bg2-contact-pins.html

https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-dslr-discussion/64503-d-bg2-grip-pin-stuck.html

Peter Zack · 11-22-2009, 11:41 AM

Really that common? Since I use my gear for work, I'm much rougher much of the time than others might be. After owning 5 different digital grips, I've never had one with a bent pin.

I know what I'd do to fix it though if that happened. I just won't suggest that here in case somebody breaks their grip and wants to kill me.

kthung · 11-22-2009, 01:11 PM

I know its fairly common, but I'm trying to decide if its actually worth getting fixed

Jodokast96 · 11-22-2009, 01:26 PM

It can be done yourself. Given the price of the grip, I can't imagine the repair cost being worth it, but I really don't know. https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/723828-post26.html shows what's involved.

Peter Zack · 11-22-2009, 01:29 PM

If you can make it work after taking it off and putting it back on and there's no issues after that, then No. Leave it alone as a repair could be more than the value of a new one. Second, set the battery settingss to Grip first and when that battery is depleted, recharge it and replace it right away. Change the in camera battery less often to avoid removing the grip.

These batteries can handle being "topped up" so do that with the grip battery before each shooting session.

11-22-2009, 12:25 AM	#1
kthung Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 359	Bent Pins on Battery Grip So my battery grip has a few bent pins which means that when they are pushed down they dont come back up properly. I have to use tweezers to pull them up. The grip works perfectly fine except that every time i attach/remove the grip i have to pull the pins up myself otherwise i lose functionality of the front e-dial and the camera wont focus with a half push of the shutter button on the grip. Has anyone else had this problem and/or knows how much a repair would cost?

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11-22-2009, 11:18 AM	#2
tomwil Site Supporter Join Date: May 2009 Location: Maryland USA Posts: 778	Very common problem! https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/camera-studio-accessories/68659-d-bg2-contact-pins.html https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-dslr-discussion/64503-d-bg2-grip-pin-stuck.html

11-22-2009, 11:41 AM	#3
Peter Zack Pentaxian Moderator Emeritus Join Date: May 2007 Location: Edmonton Alberta, Canada Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 10,643	Really that common? Since I use my gear for work, I'm much rougher much of the time than others might be. After owning 5 different digital grips, I've never had one with a bent pin. I know what I'd do to fix it though if that happened. I just won't suggest that here in case somebody breaks their grip and wants to kill me.

11-22-2009, 01:11 PM	#4
kthung Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 359 Original Poster	I know its fairly common, but I'm trying to decide if its actually worth getting fixed

11-22-2009, 01:26 PM	#5
Jodokast96 Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Erial, NJ USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,134	It can be done yourself. Given the price of the grip, I can't imagine the repair cost being worth it, but I really don't know. https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/723828-post26.html shows what's involved.

11-22-2009, 01:29 PM	#6
Peter Zack Pentaxian Moderator Emeritus Join Date: May 2007 Location: Edmonton Alberta, Canada Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 10,643	If you can make it work after taking it off and putting it back on and there's no issues after that, then No. Leave it alone as a repair could be more than the value of a new one. Second, set the battery settingss to Grip first and when that battery is depleted, recharge it and replace it right away. Change the in camera battery less often to avoid removing the grip. These batteries can handle being "topped up" so do that with the grip battery before each shooting session.

Bent Pins on Battery Grip

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