--- Robert Meier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Daniel Flather wrote:
> > >
> > > For those of you who use a EOS 5/A2E/A2.
>
> > What is your experience with
> > > battery consumption. Do you think the battery
> > pack BP-5 (approx. $75
> > > USD.) is worth carrying around vs cost of 2cr5's
>
> I used to have the EOS5. From the beginning on (I
> bought it used) I only got realatively view rolls
> out
> of a battery. Finally, I sold it. If you have the
> same
> problem and want to stick with it there are two
> solutions:
>
> 1) get the battery pack
> 2) I heard about a battery problem before. It seems
> that the main problem is not that the EOS 5 drains
> that much current but that the level to indicate an
> empty battery is to hight. Canon can adjust that
> level
> so that you get more rolls out of a battery.
>
> Personally, I would go for the battery pack. For
> almost all cameras my hands seem to be too big to
> get a perfect grip. This seemed to be even more true
> then for the camera I have now. The additional grip
> definitelly does improve handling quite a lot.
>
Hi Robert,
The VG10 grip for the EOS 5 doesn't hold the
batteries. The batteries go in the BP-5 which is
attached via a cord to the camera and clipped to your
waist or whatever.
Regards
Gary
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