Nikon MB-D10 Multi Power Battery Pack for Nikon D300 DSLR Cameras

If You Already Have the Nikon D300, or if You are Thinking About Buying One, this Battery Grip Should be a Must Have on Your Accessory List. Not Only Does it Serve as a Secondary Reservoir of Power, Boosting The Continuous Shooting Speed of the D300 (Crucial For Professionals), But Also, and Really Non-The-Less Important, it Complements Both its Balance and Ergonomic "Hand-Holdability" so to Speak, Especially for Outdoors Where You Frequently Find Yourself Having to Shoot From Very Difficult Positions, Switching From Horizontal to Vertical Configuration as Well as Having To Hold Your System By Either Hand While Changing Your Camera Settings on-The-Fly...... Buy it Without Asking Too Many Questions.
If You're a Pro Buying the D300 as your Main or Back up Camera, You'll Definitely Need The Reserve Power and the Extra Hand-Hodability afforded By the Battery Grip. And If You are a Serious Amateur, The Same Principle Applies to You; You'll Need the Extremely Important Hand-Holdability Factor and the Extra Balance that this Battery Grip Provides. And If you are Other than a Pro or a Serious Amateur, Then You'll be Very Happy to Learn that This "Contraption" Adds a Lot to The Appearance of Your Camera, Which Will Distinguish You From The Rest of the Toy-Camera-Toting Crowd You are Trotting Along With, Pretending to Be a Photographer of Some Stature, With All Your Expensive Geer, Lenses and Gadgets That You Have Never Learnt What To Do With, Much Less How To Use! In This Case, an Extra Piece of Expensive Gear Should Make You Really, Very Proud!



Customer feedback:

1. I've used similar battery grips with the F100 and D100 and just like those cameras, I have come to really like the handling of the camera with the grip when you're using large or heavy lenses (like the 17-35 and 70-200VR which I typically use). What is probably the best feature is the shutter release that's placed on the end for vertical shots, once you get used to it you'll wonder why every camera doesn't have it. Others will comment on the ability to use AA batteries or to bump up the shooting rate (fps) with the higher power battery, while valuable those features aren't as needed for my work. Likewise the joystick control duplicates the control on the back of the camera but adds better tactile touch. The shutter release is slightly lighter than that of the camera, but after the first few shots one gets accustomed to it quickly.
2. This is a great addition to my Nikon d300. It makes the camera look more professional and I can shoot portrait easily with its own release button. I attached this grip to my nikon d300 all the time with and use the AA batteries; I can shoot sports with 8fps.