How Do You Like Handgrips?

[Bike Tourist]

I have thumbs up on both my X-Pro1 and X-E1, but there still isn't a comfortably stable grip for me. How do you like the handgrips? I am thinking of adding them to both cameras, especially since the addition of the 90/2 lens, which is quite a hunk of glass.

I would get the newer models with baseplate cutouts. Are you able to access the battery and SD card with no trouble?

 

[harpofreely]

I do a lot of my X-E1 shooting with big, heavy legacy glass and found the Fuji grip to be pretty useless. I've been using the JB Designs bamboo grip for a while now, plus a Thumbs Up, and really like the handling (and looks)

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The JB grip does allow battery & card access.

 

[back alley]

i had the 'ishoot' grips on both bodies until recently when i took them off...i like it both ways. without the grip it's much more compact.

 

[Bike Tourist]

I do a lot of my X-E1 shooting with big, heavy legacy glass and found the Fuji grip to be pretty useless. I've been using the JB Designs bamboo grip for a while now, plus a Thumbs Up, and really like the handling (and looks)

No affiliation: http://amzn.com/B00RARY9U8

The JB grip does allow battery & card access.

Yeah, that's quite a different look. I just found a new model with base cutout, used from a private party at an attractive price for my X-E1. I'll give that a try before moving on to the X-Pro1.

 

[macjim]

I have the handgrip for my X-T10 and I find it a boon to the way I work. The only problem I've had was on Sunday. I was walking alone a footpath on the way to Galashiels and I heard this loud clunk. That was the grip falling to the ground after the screw holding it in place had come undone. There was no warning such as it feeling loose, it just dropped off. So now, I'm will check it more often so that it doesn't happen again. I put it back on and tightened the screw with a coin but some lock tight may be the answer. I was quite surprised by the noise from the grip when it hit the ground which showed how solid it is made. It only suffered slight damage: minor scuffing but, I'm happy it was the grip and not the camera that had dropped.
Flickr: thesrpspaintshop

 

[narsuitus]

I like my handgrips with two battery compartments for extended shooting sessions.

Regretfully, no one makes one for the Fuji X-Pro1.


Battery Packs by Narsuitus, on Flickr

 

[Murk1]

I have an X-Pro 1 and I has gotten more difficult lately to grip the camera securely due to medical issues. I was not too impressed with the options available so I modified my Fuji grip. I disassembled it, cut out some of the insides to accommodate an old flash bracket and put it all back together. It is not the "best" solution since I still have to remove the grip to change the battery, but the secure feel of the grip is worth the effort, plus, I feel secure carrying it by the (flash) grip for short distances.

 

[kbb]

I've always hated...for my own irrational reasons...the idea of the 'Thumbs Up', but I love the RRS combined Arca base and hand grip on my XE1.
Unless the Fuji one is just as good, I plan to obtain the RRS grip for any future Fujifilm cameras I may acquire.

 

[jsrockit]

I absolutely hate grips. But I also don't use huge lenses.

 

[rybolt]

I used the Thumbs Up on the X Pro 1 for about a week. Hated it. I bought a cheap copy of the Ishoot bracket and loved it. Between my wife and myself we have 4-XT1's and 2- Xpro 1's and they all have this type of bracket. I use the Arca style QR on a tripod so mine have the vertical section on the end. Hers does not. I'm old and it gives me more to hang onto. I also shoot a lot around very hard objects and the extra protection offered by the 'roll cage' gives me the illusion of security.

 

[Sid836]

I hate anything that adds bulk to the camera. I'd rather get used to the shape of my camera than add anything like grips, power packs, etc.

 

[maxmadco]

I hate anything that adds bulk to the camera. I'd rather get used to the shape of my camera than add anything like grips, power packs, etc.

I agree and have even made my own and hated those
too.

 

[kbb]

I own only the XE1, 2.5 years at this point. Use it almost every day. The XE1, as I noticed the second I unpacked mine and held it, is too small. It also has too much of it's area covered in active controls that cannot be disabled. The RRS grip allows me to comfortable grab, handle, and use the camera all day with only occasional accidental button pushes. It'd be a lot worse without the grip.