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Mike Moffet · 11-05-2008, 06:34 AM

I just got a D-BG2 battery grip for my K10D and while playing with it discovered that the switch on it does not turn the camera on. This means that while out wandering about I must now turn two switches on, the one on the camera and the one on the grip if I want to use the controls on the grip. Do you turn both switches on and off when you get to a destination or do you leave the grip on and turn the camera on and off?

Mike

Talisker · 11-05-2008, 06:49 AM

I turn the grip off, otherwise you knock the second shutter release at inconvenient times and take a photo of your leg at 'quiet' moments...

Peter Zack · 11-05-2008, 07:10 AM

I also turn the grip off and back on when I want those controls. I've taken those ground shots as well till I got in the habit.

vespa · 11-05-2008, 11:25 AM

I dont think i've ever turned it on....even in portrait i use the main controls.

**Ash** · 11-05-2008, 12:46 PM

I've kept mine on - and only switch it off if I'm in awkward positions that are affecting the way I take landscape shots. I use the grip shutter release a lot, though.

Mark Castleman · 11-05-2008, 12:57 PM

I leave mine turned off and turn it on when I need it.

craig1024 · 11-05-2008, 02:43 PM

If I know I am going to have my camera in the vertical position most of the time, I leave te grip on and just turn off the camera switch.

ll_coffee_lP · 11-05-2008, 04:00 PM

Grip on at all times. I use portrait and landscape each a lot so it's very convenient. I've never taken a shot of my leg, but I have smaller hands.

c[_]

offertonhatter · 11-05-2008, 04:16 PM

I tend to switch mine off when not needed, as I have caught it on a number of occasions with my palm.

davek · 11-05-2008, 04:53 PM

My Grip is on most of the time.

MaKettle · 11-06-2008, 10:53 AM

I normally turn the grip off when not in use as I also have "mis-fired" with my palm. Once while at a soccer game, I handed the camera to my wife to hold "just for a second" (she is not a camera person) and she simply cradled it in her palms, sure enough I left the grip turned on and had the camera in continuous shot mode. Her facial expression was priceless as she rattled off 7 or 8 shots.

**Canada_Rockies** · 11-06-2008, 10:54 AM

My grip switch is Off unless I am actually using the portrait controls. It might be just the way my hands work, but I find that when "chimping" that the LCD goes off. My finger has touched the shutter release on the grip just enough to cancel the LCD but not enough to take a shot. This drove me nuts until I figured out that it was I who was the problem.

**FuzzyOne** · 11-06-2008, 09:33 PM

If I'm out for a hike or a soccer game I just leave them both on. The camera goes into standby mode. I wonder if this uses a lot of the charge? I like the camera ready for when the scene presents itself

11-05-2008, 06:34 AM	#1
Mike Moffet Inactive Account Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Foresthill, CA Posts: 12	K10D Battery Grip I just got a D-BG2 battery grip for my K10D and while playing with it discovered that the switch on it does not turn the camera on. This means that while out wandering about I must now turn two switches on, the one on the camera and the one on the grip if I want to use the controls on the grip. Do you turn both switches on and off when you get to a destination or do you leave the grip on and turn the camera on and off? Mike

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11-05-2008, 06:49 AM	#2
Talisker Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Isle of Skye, Scotland Photos: Gallery Posts: 262	I turn the grip off, otherwise you knock the second shutter release at inconvenient times and take a photo of your leg at 'quiet' moments...

11-05-2008, 07:10 AM	#3
Peter Zack Pentaxian Moderator Emeritus Join Date: May 2007 Location: Edmonton Alberta, Canada Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 10,643	I also turn the grip off and back on when I want those controls. I've taken those ground shots as well till I got in the habit.

11-05-2008, 11:25 AM	#4
vespa Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: gloucester uk Photos: Gallery Posts: 147	I dont think i've ever turned it on....even in portrait i use the main controls.

11-05-2008, 12:46 PM	#5
Ash Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Toowoomba, Queensland Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 23,920	I've kept mine on - and only switch it off if I'm in awkward positions that are affecting the way I take landscape shots. I use the grip shutter release a lot, though.

11-05-2008, 12:57 PM	#6
Mark Castleman Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Westminster, Colorado Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 298	I leave mine turned off and turn it on when I need it.

11-05-2008, 02:43 PM	#7
craig1024 Inactive Account Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Central Indiana Posts: 109	If I know I am going to have my camera in the vertical position most of the time, I leave te grip on and just turn off the camera switch.

11-05-2008, 04:00 PM	#8
ll_coffee_lP Inactive Account Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,972	Grip on at all times. I use portrait and landscape each a lot so it's very convenient. I've never taken a shot of my leg, but I have smaller hands. c[_]

11-05-2008, 04:16 PM	#9
offertonhatter Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: North West UK Posts: 390	I tend to switch mine off when not needed, as I have caught it on a number of occasions with my palm.

11-05-2008, 04:53 PM	#10
davek Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Elmira, On, Canada Posts: 461	My Grip is on most of the time.

11-06-2008, 10:53 AM	#11
MaKettle Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Lafayette Indiana Posts: 28	I normally turn the grip off when not in use as I also have "mis-fired" with my palm. Once while at a soccer game, I handed the camera to my wife to hold "just for a second" (she is not a camera person) and she simply cradled it in her palms, sure enough I left the grip turned on and had the camera in continuous shot mode. Her facial expression was priceless as she rattled off 7 or 8 shots.

11-06-2008, 10:54 AM	#12
Canada_Rockies Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sparwood, BC, Canada Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,385	My grip switch is Off unless I am actually using the portrait controls. It might be just the way my hands work, but I find that when "chimping" that the LCD goes off. My finger has touched the shutter release on the grip just enough to cancel the LCD but not enough to take a shot. This drove me nuts until I figured out that it was I who was the problem.

11-06-2008, 09:33 PM	#13
FuzzyOne Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Central NJ Posts: 90	If I'm out for a hike or a soccer game I just leave them both on. The camera goes into standby mode. I wonder if this uses a lot of the charge? I like the camera ready for when the scene presents itself

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