Originally posted by Adam But those aren't weather-sealed...IMO it's worth the investment in all respects.
In my opinion, sincerely no. The weather sealed part, let' s be frank it ain' t 100% , thus it' s useless in real need of weather sealing. Second of all, you don' t get another set of buttons (to set the type of pictures, WB, and what not) , AF mode etc. , making it very hard (unless you have some long fingers) to reach for some of the upper mentioned buttons. Second, and mostly in my honest opinion, they could have made it an
Extra Functional SD Slot Holder, for the camera to be
Dual SD Card. Sincerely, it wouldn' t have been expensive then. I for one wouldn' t have cried for paying such a sum cause hey, it' s a dandy feature. But yet again, aldough it' s a nice little feature (the possibility of having an extra sd- card sit there) , it' s pointless cause I can' t imagine it being to easy to swap cards by removing that long battery tray.
And there' s an idea for Pentax: Make the SD- Card functional in the Grip, thus making it Dual SD Card, thus competing on an equal level (on this matter) with the rest, but at a much better price (same price for the grip dough, even lower) ; and if they' ll ever release a K5 (or later model) that already has dual SD card, maybe another sd- card slot in the grip, would be nice. Bottom line, earn that amount of money for the grip!