Vertical grip update....

[atencati]

Just noticed this, kinda out for a while.....

Harbortronics has the vertical grip ready.
http://www.harbortronics.com/news.htm

manual
http://www.harbortronics.com/VGD70_Manual.pdf

images...lots!
http://www.harbortronics.com/VG-d70.asp

<img border="2" src="http://www.harbortronics.com/VGD70_22_small.jpg" xthumbnail-orig-image="VGD70_22.jpg">

Andy

[kipper]

Shame the shutter release button looks cheap and nasty. I wouldn't pay $165 for one that's for sure.

[birddog114]

Shame the shutter release button looks cheap and nasty. I wouldn't pay $165 for one that's for sure.

US$165.00 not AU$165.00

[kipper]

Yep I noticed after I posted that it was WA America and not WA Australia.

[jdear]

egad... its hideous!!
that little circle... is that the...; gasp vertical shutter release button...??

hopefully nikon will show em hows its done!

JD

[Hybrid]

If that is the vertical shutter release it sure does look a bit dodgy... I'm sure the product is fine but I'd think very long and hard before I put anything like that on my beloved D70!

As for Nikon producing something like this for the D70... I wouldn't count on it... Maybe when the D200, or whatever it will be called, is released, there will be an official Nikon grip for it.

Stephen

[Killakoala]

I've been following this project for quite some time now but i am disappointed with the result.

I don't think i will buy one of these unless they do some cosmetic changes and/or Nikon doesn't come through with theirs.

[sirhc55]

I think I may have mentioned this before but when I had the D1 I never used the shutter release button on the grip (i.e. bottom release) so would not even consider a battery grip for the D70

I found it too awkward