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A SAR reader sent me a link to these third party A77 battery grip for sale on [shoplink 14396 ebay]eBay China (Click here)[/shoplink]. He asked me to ask you if you have any experience with it. Does it work as well as the original?
Meantime the “older” NEX are selling like hotcakes in US thanks to recent price drop (Click here to see the Amazon ranking). They sell more than any new stuff announced by Sony:
– $ 80 on the NEX-7 body at Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
– $ 80 on the NEX-7 with kit lens at Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
– $ 200 on the NEX-5n body at Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
– $ 200 on the NEX-5n with kit lens at Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
– $ 100 on the NEX-F3 with kit lens at Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
17 Responses
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bah those crap of sony, buy an olympus and quit this mountain of crappines
Tried. Not bad.
Some news for sal 70-200/2.8 G SSM2 ???
Please, please, please……….
I needed a new one real bad, and don’t want to get another-one from 2006.
I want the one that’s rumored comming out with weather sealing 😉
We had a bit of a discussion on 3rd party grips for the a77 here.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/a77/discuss/72157631212416890/
But i would not buy one that came with batteries. They look face and will turn out useless in the end. get one of the grips that have all the controls and buy the batteries form your local shop. I know more expensive, but having batteries that last more than 1/2 hour is a good thing.
I actually bought a cheap chinese grip for my a580 and it works great. No complaints. It isn’t as well built as the Sony grips for my a700 and a77, but I wouldn’t hesitate to buy one.
The batteries on the other hand are probably not great. I know they say 2000mah, but I doubt it. The other problem with the cheap batteries is they aren’t Infolithium, which means your camera won’t give you battery life percentage.
But, if the batteries come with the grip, then it never hurts to have a spare in your bag!
I have had the same positive experience with my 550 chinese grip. Too bad I can’t get one for my a65.
I wouldn’t get it… I have a Meike clone battery grip for my A350 and if you leave the batteries in there, even with the camera switched off, batteries are dry in 2 – 3 days
I use cheap batteries in my A700, 300 and my A100 and they have always worked almost as good as the original batteries, in fact one of them seems to out perform an older official battery I have.
I have a Chinese Meike grip for may A500. It’s great, not sony quality but works just fine. I buy 7.2v 1650mah batteries from a US ebay seller, something like 7-9 bux and work in the grip and camera just fine. Whether stated voltage/amps is real who knows but they’ve not given me a problem.
I have this Meike grip for my a77. It provides the power and the layout for vertical shooting. The only minus would be that it resets the camera at every use. I mean that when you shutdown the camera and start it you are asked to introduce the date, hour, so on.
That “reader” is also the seller who just got some free promotion for his listing….
“They sell more than any new stuff announced by Sony.”
Maybe that’s because they’re actually available for purchase ;P