Ahoj! Someone left me a comment the other day on one of my Canon M50
videos, "but I want a battery for the whole day" and if you own canon M50 just
like me, you might be thinking right now. Well, good luck with that because battery
life on Canon M50 is not....It's not that good. I've got something here which might get you much
closer to the battery for the whole day. A package has arrived from Poland and
there were two items inside. First one is Canon M50 extension grip and other
one is Canon M50 classic style battery grip. Let's review them. This is
not a sponsored video, however the company has sent the products for a
review.
My name is Zdenka Darula. If you want to learn how to take better photos and
videos or about latest gear or participate in creative camera
challenges, consider subscribing. This is the name of the company which made those
two items. Let's look at the first one. It's battery grip. The material is hard
plastic, it has been 3D printed. The extension grip is for those who simply
feel that the camera is way too small. It is quite helpful when you have big
lenses on this camera. The way you attach it is quite simple. Just slide it in and
tighten with the knob at the bottom. It does fit quite nicely. You have access to
all ports, nothing is covered. You can nicely change the battery or memory
stick, you can attach the whole setup to tripod. With the tripod system I have, I
can open the doors, take the memory card out but not the battery. When you have it
on, it feels like bigger camera. So if you have bigger hands, it will help. The only
thing to keep in mind though, it's hard plastic so when you hold it for a long
period of time, you feel a little bit the edges. It's not like when you feel the
camera only. The camera has very soft material here where the fingers are. This
is for someone who really struggles, someone who really struggles with the
size of M50, has big hands. The feeling is closer to DSLR. Let's look
at the other item which I was very curious about when I first heard
about it and that's the battery grip. It is hard plastic as well.
It is 3D printed and it comes in four different parts. The grip with the
doors, dummy DC coupler dr e 12 battery which goes to your camera and battery
tray. The batteries are not included. The batteries you have to buy separately. You
will need to get two of them and they are one eight six five zero cells. You
can just buy them online, amazon has them. They have many different brands out
there. I am just using those Moza batteries I actually have for my gimbal
Moza Air 2 just for the demonstration. Those
batteries last forever. On the Polish website it says that it
can extend 4 to 12 times battery life. It can depending on which batteries you buy.
I did three video recording sessions on single charge so far. Normally I would
already need four to five Canon M50 batteries. So let's put this all
together. Let's place the batteries in the tray, place the tray in, close it,
attach it through the hole to dummy battery and screw it all together. Here I
gotta say though that the screw here is very small. I had hard time getting my
fingers there and screw it and unscrew it.
That's something which could be improved, could be changed. The screw needs to be
bigger. I think that some people might have a
hard time getting their fingers there. When you attached a battery grip, take the
battery out, you can remove the memory card. There's access to it, however I have
hard time attaching the battery back in. It is easier to remove the battery grip,
attach the battery and then put it back on.
You can attach tripod to it no problem. The design on the battery grip is
different than on the grip I showed you before. It's definitely way softer. The
edges are not as sharp anymore. You gonna keep it in mind though that is
hard plastic, it is not the same like the camera but it definitely feels way
better. Let's look at the pricing. The grip is 40 US dollars shipping included
and the classic style battery grip is 90 US dollars shipping included as well.
Well, what do you think? Let me know in a comment section below. I know that many
of you who own Canon M50 from all those comments in past videos. Use the
camera for event photography or video like weddings for example and this
battery grip could be one of the solutions to the problems you can encounter
with that camera. I actually took that camera to one of
the weddings and I tested it, had fun with it there as well. If you haven't
seen the video, the link is here or in the video description
below. The link to those products is in the video description below. As always,
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see everyone in the next video... Cau.... Ahoj....