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The taiwanese company Ownuser (Click here) made a new battery grip for the A33/A55 and the Sony NEX-5 cameras. The grip does offer:
External Shutter release input
External AC power input
Camera shutter release output
tripod mount
use of two Lithium batteries and AA Battery (6A/8A)
IR output (!)
It sound slike a very powerful tool! The IR control looks like an amazing feature! I couldn’t find any price indication. Those are the links you should check:
The battery grip for the A33/A55: http://www.ownuser.com.tw/mig_sa55.html
The battery grip for the Sony NEX: http://www.ownuser.com.tw/mig_snx5.html
You can find battery grips from Ownuser on [shoplink 5827 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. They already are offering battery grips for other Sony cameras.
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please do your homework before buying. as with the a200 grip that i bought, there is a wire to plug in to the remote slot at the side. only then it will work. therefore the design may not be a clean one or a plug and play kind..
who “designed” this brick?!? well i`d rather build my own LEGO Battery grip and screw it to my Nex then this ugly thing.. besides, it would still be easier to just carry around 1-2 extra batteries like i do..
actually, you can see the wire to plug it in on the first pic. (also curious how it is going to work with the tilt-swivel screen)
Sony closed six factories due to the earthquake and tsunamis.
I for one am looking forward to this. While I like the A33 grip just fine it feels rather akward with my heavier lenses. This should help better handholding ability.
http://store.pchome.com.tw/ownuser/
I guess it’s about 2,499~3,199 NTD.
Did the batter grip for the NEX have to be that atrocious?
the idea is good …. but yeah, too ugly …
I want one!
Ugly as it may be, it looks like it will do the job! I will buy one as well as the NEX version.
Not the best design but I will get one for my NEX… It’s too bad they don’t make it in red, oh well guess I might have some painting to do 🙂
Looks like cheap crap to me. No thank you. I’ll wait until someone can do it better.
Still waiting?
For some reason I doubt Sony will be doing one of these, so right now this is the best option for a little more juice…
should just wait for a grip from phottix..they are known for better quality and being a close replica to the original grips..so u get all that extra buttons
On the website it says there are only 2000 pcs. available worldwide!
Where??? Site is not working ;/ send me the link directly!!
I put a review about the grip here:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/sonycameraclub/discuss/72157626244409008/