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sdai Offline Dedicated FM Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #1 · Vertical Grip for D70 To those who just love this thing ... I just saw this on a web site based in Hong Kong. Cheers! Mar 11, 2004 at 09:16 PM

Peter F Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #2 · Vertical Grip for D70 it would be nice with a vertical grip to the D70 I read some place that a vertcal grip wasn't a feature for the D70 but it is very nice to see that the vertical grip is a possibility best greetings peter Mar 11, 2004 at 09:38 PM

tazo Offline Dedicated FM Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #3 · Vertical Grip for D70 is it just me or does this look like the vertical grip doesnt line up perfectly with the d70? looks odd... Mar 11, 2004 at 09:45 PM

sdai Offline Dedicated FM Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #4 · Vertical Grip for D70 It's a DIY stuff, this person built it himself with a MB-18 and a ML-L3 ... I'm pretty sure this thing can be available as an after-market add-on if Nikon refuse to do so. Mar 11, 2004 at 09:52 PM

btb103 Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #5 · Vertical Grip for D70 That's good news, I had a feeling someone would do this. Hopefully someone can make this available to the masses. Mar 12, 2004 at 12:42 AM

lxdesign Offline Dedicated FM Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #6 · Vertical Grip for D70 So, If I understand this correctly, there is no actual vertical grip, and the only way to get one is to modify the MB-18 - eee god! I personally don't like the thought of this, and its too bad Nikon doesn't just invent a grip for the masses. Mar 12, 2004 at 05:41 AM

Daschund Woof Offline Dedicated FM Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #7 · Vertical Grip for D70 lxdesign wrote: So, If I understand this correctly, there is no actual vertical grip, and the only way to get one is to modify the MB-18 - eee god! I personally don't like the thought of this, and its too bad Nikon doesn't just invent a grip for the masses. They have to draw the line between the D70 and the D100 somewhere or else everybody would get a D70... Daschund Mar 12, 2004 at 05:44 AM

Greg Dearing Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #8 · Vertical Grip for D70 It seems inevitable to me that someone will manufacture a grip for the D70. It's an obvious omission and, given the volumes that the D70 is predicted to sell at, 3rd parties manufacturers should be happy to step up if Nikon doesn't. The real question seems to be how much functionality those grips will have. From what I understand, the D70 doesn't have the proper contacts to let a grip easily control the command dials and shutter. If that's the case, we're likely to see one or more of the following: * Battery grip only. Might let you use AA batteries and improve the balance of the camera, but offer no controls. Much like the current grips for the N75/N80 class cameras. * Battery grip using the Infrared trick seen above to trip the shutter. I wonder how reliable this is in practice. * Battery grip using a USB connection to actuate controls. This would require a D2H-style cord leading from the grip to the camera, and could be quite expensive even if it's possible. Nikon Capture 4 offers remote operation via USB... does it let you control aperture/shutter? Does it let you record images to the camera's CF card, or are they always streamed back over the USB connection? -Greg Mar 12, 2004 at 02:09 PM

Kenn Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #9 · Vertical Grip for D70 Someone recently printed out the PTP functionality for the D70, which looks like it allows nearly full exposure control from the USB port. This makes a strong case for the possibility of a fully functional grip that includes not only an electronically controlled shutter release, but possibly also command dials and AF/AE lock. The only thing you wouldn't be able to do is voice recording (no support in-camera) or power the camera through the USB port, so if the grip were to have dual-batteries, you'd have to make sure the battery door on the D70 could be removed without being broken. Mar 12, 2004 at 05:34 PM

DigiSnap Mark Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #10 · Vertical Grip for D70 If it were even reasonably easy, I'd have developed a USB/PTP remote control, but it's just not in the cards. USB is a very assymetric interface, in that the 'host' controller needs to have a lot of memory, a relatively huge amount of code, and a very fast processor. PC's have all of this infrastructure, but providing it in a small low power low cost device is simply not practical. So, at this point, the shutter release is about all you can expect with this sort of device, via the IR port. I'm planning to develop a simple modification to the camera body to add a wired-remote connector, which would simplify a remote control device like this. From what I can see, it doesn;t look like this grip interfaces with the battery compartment... no additional battery power? Mar 12, 2004 at 07:07 PM

sdai Offline Dedicated FM Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #11 · Vertical Grip for D70 it doesn;t look like this grip interfaces with the battery compartment... no additional battery power? The external input voltage of the D70 is DC 9v, plus it uses a speical 4-pin plug - you can just put 4 AAs in there. Mar 12, 2004 at 11:47 PM

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