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Izzy from Digital Goja showrooms, and today we're going to take a look at the BG-E16 power
grip for the Canon EOS 7D Mark II.
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Now, what this provides is, this battery grip gives you the additional use of a secondary
battery, so you can use 2 of your LP-E6N batteries, you also have the capability of using and
adapter that now lets you switch over to 6 AA batteries.
Now, this honestly is for an emergency, you really don't want to run this and run your
very powerful 7D Mark II on just AA batteries, but it's great because if it is an emergency
and you're somewhere in the middle of nowhere, where you don't have a charged battery source,
like an LP-E6N you can go ahead and use AA batteries.
The beauty of this is that you now have a lot of capability that you always had, and
here I have a 7D Mark II, where you do everything on the top here.
You have your controls here and you have your dial in the back so I can change my focusing
points, well all this is now also been added to the BG-E16, so if you notice you have all
your controls here where you have your focus points, you can set your auto exposure lock
button, your multi-function button, they're all integrated here and again meant so you
can use it vertically.
For us photographers it's fantastic to do vertical shooting, now, I have to face it,
this is also being used a lot by videographers because you now have the added benefit of
working with two batteries.
It's very simple to use, you always remove this little battery door cover and so as you
not loose it, it has a section here where it snaps on on the side, so this way it's with
you at all times so you don't loose it.
And then you remove the existing battery that you had in your camera, you gently place it
on and you follow the locking instructions, lock it in place, and now, you can go ahead
and we'll put, you can work with one battery, but the beauty of this is you now have the
capability of working with two batteries for your main power source, so you're going to
have double the pressure here and lock it in place, turn on your camera and turn on
your grip.
Switch it to the ON position and now you have the capability of shooting vertically and
controlling your focus points, all the features that you did in the back of your camera you
can now do with your BG-E16.
It's a USA product from Canon, Canon USA comes with a manufacturer limited warranty from
Canon, of course that's only good if it's purchased in the USA and from an authorized
dealer like DigitalGoja.com and you also get this very nice little carrying pouch,
so that when you're swapping around the inserts you can put the other insert in here and take
it with you nice and secure everywhere.
And, remember, you can also use for us videographers and photographers that are going to be in
an environment where we have access to electricity you can also use the ACK-E6 AC adapter kit,
plugs into here because you remove the battery pack compartment and you install the AC adapter,
so that way you have a continuous power source, that's awesome for people that are doing time
lapse imaging, anything that requires a lot more constant power source than just 2 LP-E6 batteries.
So, again, take into consideration, if you're on the market to give more power to
your Canon EOS 7D Mark II, take a closer look at the Canon BG-E16 power grip.
Happy shooting!