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It’s too big, it’s too small, it’s too heavy, it’s too light. It’s too Sony. 🙂
That’s what happens when a small camera original vision gets butchered into something it was never intended to be in the first place.
And this from a “visionary” blogger who never designed or imagined anything useful.
This from a person who uses sarcasm to avoid the reality of my comment.
The reality of your comment is that is is total nonsense. the reality is: If it sells people want it and nobody cares about the dumb complaints here
And there’s too many bodies and not enough lenses or is it too many lenses and not enough bodies. Or maybe there’s just too many complainers and not enough photographers.
Too expensive. I wish it cost $200 less 🙂
If I wanted a vertical grip with shutter button raised high, then I’d buy a CaNikOlymPentaPanny.
Genuine Alpha keeps vertical grip shutter on even plain with viewfinder and provides a full set of controls. Even for the 7 series. This allows keeping both elbows on chest for more stable vertical shooting. Alpha advantage that plays out in the real world for long day shooting sessions.
Can’t expect a new camera platform to leverage 25 years of ergonomic refinements presented by genuine A-Mount. Sony doesn’t even know what they don’t know.
stop whining, if you are in good physical shape fatigue shouldn’t be an issue. Go hit the gym and build some muscle to handle that incredibly heavy vertical grip
Hi pete, thanks for the suggestion to improve my physical shape, and how it relates to my vertical shooting needs.
As for your accusation of “whining”… well, that doesn’t work against comments based in reality. Unless you disagree with my comments above, or think that proper shooting posture isn’t best served with both elbows stabilized on chest.
I’ve presented a benefit for having shutter button lowered. You are free to present why having it higher is better for photographer.
The button should be higher, unless you have hands the size of an infant.
LOL, like the camera handles without a grip, made for infant hands.
Why are you even shooting upright, wouldn’t composing for the screen make more sense for 2015? And if you are (one of the few) shooting for magazine covers, then a tethered PhaseOne outfit would be more appropriate.
Gripes, hope my clients don’t want refund for the covers and spreads I’ve shot without a tethered PhaseOne outfit. Thanks for setting me straight on what I’m supposed to use for that.
Right……….
If you were doing what you say you are you wouldn’t be on this site making such ridiculous statements about the A7ll grip. Prove us all wrong and post some work.
As a fellow 35 year shooter. I shot with a Contax139 with power winder that had a vertical shutter button. I’m quite satisfied with a button. I don’t need to be as picky as you are. Perhaps I hold the camera more steady because I am in better shape and I’m not limited to only having both elbows on my chest. Pick more important details to complain about like getting weather sealing on all of the Sony lenses. I’d rather shoot in the rain safely with my elbows anywhere than being limited by weather. I feel it is whining when you are complaining over very small details.
Small details? Stop your whining about weather sealing. Never needed such a thing with my Contax or Minolta lenses still working perfectly after 25 years. Pick more important details to complain about like ergonomics lost from Alpha heritage.
I have been shooting for 900 years and I think you are both wrong! If you are having fatigue issues you are shooting it wrong.
It’s not about weight you dope. It’s about balance, comfort, and ergonomics.
He referenced a ‘long shooting day’ which implied eventual fatigue where I referenced a way to eliminate/limit said fatigue.
Fatigue is reduced relative to the balance, comfort and ergonomics… without ever taking up weight training.
It’s become a 16:9 world – just incase you hadn’t noticed.
Show me a 16:9 magazine cover, catalog or fashion spread, or model portfolio.
Right now?
Show us some of those you are shooting then. You can see plenty of upright images shot by people who never go to print gracing the electronic screen.
It’s funny how the excuses get more ridiculous as time goes by…..
Looks great to me- I’m in for one!
A question about size and handling, never used the vertical grip and only handled a Sony A7/A7s a couple of times, but looking at the grip I wonder why they designed it so tall, or “big”. Not a criticism but a question to vertical grip owners and users, only time I’ve used a vertical grip was on film cameras and the pentax I used had a notoriously more compact vertical grip, less distance from grip to lens mount. This grip seems to have a excess of distance compared to the cameras grip distance to lens mount. Is there a usability consideration on doing so?
Some Pros don’t use a vertical grip. Here’s a shot of Juergen Teller holding the camera “grip/button side down.” http://www.wmagazine.com/people/celebrities/2014/01/behind-scenes-best-performances-2014/photos/slide/14 Notice his hand/arm placement. Every photo/video I’ve seen shows him holding the camera that way. I’ve seen small women (Fashion shooters) doing it, and also large men (Wedding Photographers).
I’ve hand-held Canon 300mm f/2.8 lenses with 2x extenders without a grip, but I do use a monopod so that I can rest between panning shots of race cars.
Holding a camera is like holding a rifle. To be steady you need to be braced. I’ll often lean into a wall, pole, etc to steady myself, just like a hunter/sniper will use a rock or log.
This is a monster grip, do they put in it 8 batteries? Looks awful.
The grip is 126.9 mm or 5 inches long. About the size of and average mans hand. If that’s too big you’re a midget or a dainty little lady with very petite hands. Which are you?
No, its not. Its way bigger than the standard grip on the camera. Just look at the distance from lens to left end and lens to lower (grip) end. Too much space between the actual grip and the lens.
126.9 mm = 5 inches (camera width)
So where do you want your fingers to land, on the lens? There is adequate room for fingers and knuckles no more no less. Talk about ridiculous complaints, where do these idiots come from?
Agreed. I hope they will make a smaller one, like Fuji made, even without batteries, I don’t care about the batteries, I just sometimes wish a bigger grip.
But maybe the A9 will handle that regard anyway 🙂
Some advice for newbies: get any decent Canon or Nikon DSLR, you won’t need this horror because battery life is much higher, and enjoy much superior autofocus, flash system and lens lineup.
Coming from canon and a multitude of L glass… Shut up. You obviously haven’t shot with any of the a7’s.
So glad you are here to offer advice, does this mean you own any of the A7 and have done extensive side by side tests?