Canon BGE2 Battery Grip problems?

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I've hear there are problems with some of the Canon BGE2 Battery
Grips.

Anyone here had any problems?


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On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 11:05:18 -0000, "Gizmo" <Gizmo@home.now> wrote:

>
>"John A. Stovall" <johnastovall@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>news:to2441d1sgubk8ak7rfunlcfqru4kbh93e@4ax.com...
>> I've hear there are problems with some of the Canon BGE2 Battery
>> Grips.
>>
>> Anyone here had any problems?
>
>I've been using mine for about 2 weeks now - no problems at all.
>
>What problems have you heard about ?
>

Here's a lengthy discussion in Rob Galbraith's forum on it.

http://www.robgalbraith.com/ubbthr [...] art=1&vc=1

The big problem was losing contact and the camera powering down.


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"John A. Stovall" <johnastovall@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:to2441d1sgubk8ak7rfunlcfqru4kbh93e@4ax.com...
> I've hear there are problems with some of the Canon BGE2 Battery
> Grips.
>
> Anyone here had any problems?

Search Google. This issue has been around since it's release.

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"Gizmo" <Gizmo@home.now> wrote in message
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> "John A. Stovall" <johnastovall@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:5ue5415in8m3lrfmn7rc7njsihgtd8ad88@4ax.com...
>> On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 11:05:18 -0000, "Gizmo" <Gizmo@home.now> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >"John A. Stovall" <johnastovall@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>> >news:to2441d1sgubk8ak7rfunlcfqru4kbh93e@4ax.com...
>> >> I've hear there are problems with some of the Canon BGE2 Battery
>> >> Grips.
>> >>
>> >> Anyone here had any problems?
>> >
>> >I've been using mine for about 2 weeks now - no problems at all.
>> >
>> >What problems have you heard about ?
>> >
>>
>> Here's a lengthy discussion in Rob Galbraith's forum on it.
>>
>>
> http://www.robgalbraith.com/ubbthr [...] art=1&vc=1
>>
>> The big problem was losing contact and the camera powering down.
>
>
> I've managed to replicate the problem, as detailed here:
> http://www.pbase.com/mriffle/bge2
> Under "normal" useage the camera doesn't cut out. However, it doesnt take
> to
> much effort pulling on the right hand side of the BG-E2 to cause the
> camera
> to lose power.
>
> I think it's time for a phone call to Canon /
>
>
That's odd, I've tried the same thing, with no "success" on mine. It
doesn't flex enough to lose contact. In fact, it hardly flexes at all.

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John A. Stovall wrote:

> I know and I'm was wanting to find out if Canon had addressed the
> problems from people who owned them before I got one.
>
> Your response was more than lame.

Welcome to Usenet, where probably half the responses are mindless
drivel like that. At least you were not advised to check eBay.

Anyway, I have one, and it seems to be fine. I just got it two weeks
ago, ordered on Amazon. One thing I noticed though, was that the
battery indicator in the camera, when I put one battery into the right
slot, did not show full. I think this was a result of me not tightening
the grip all the way on. It doesn't do this anymore.

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