No battery grip for Pentax DS/DL?

Strange omission - there's one for the 'D'... my feeling was that these
companies love you rort you on the accessories.

T.

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Strange omission - there's one for the 'D'... my feeling was that these
companies love you rort you on the accessories.

The point of a DS or DL type product is to trim production costs.
Putting little sensors on the bottom of the camera for the battery and
portrait-orientation shutter release would boost production costs.

FWIW, this guy says he's talked to them...

http://www.pentaxuser.co.uk/forum/vi...165d4 21be0a8

Kitt

wrote:
Strange omission - there's one for the 'D'... my feeling was that these
companies love you rort you on the accessories.

T.

What a crock! These are "entry level" cameras, why do they need an
extended/battery grip? The standard on camera grip is designed really well
and is really comfortable, with NiMh batteries installed it will take at
least 500-600 photos. Whats the problem? Nikon don't do one for the D70.
Canon have to do one for the 300/350D because the battery is not up to
extended use and the standard body grips are so pathetic especially on the
350D.

I guess the bottom line is that Pentax are not out to rort their customers
with items that are not needed.

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oups.com...
Strange omission - there's one for the 'D'... my feeling was that these
companies love you rort you on the accessories.

T.

I think Canon have a vertical shutter button on their grip as well.

T.

"John A. Stovall" wrote in message
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On 16 Aug 2005 16:57:03 -0700, wrote:

I think Canon have a vertical shutter button on their grip as well.

They do and a control wheel for setting shutter speed and an off/on
switch.

On some cameras the extra controls are not needed as far as I can see, at
least on the Pentax you can still use the thumbwheel and the shutter release
is still fine.