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from Euclid, Ohio on 3/30/2009
Comments about Camera Armor Camera Armor Battery Grip Armor for the Battery Grip of the Canon 20D, 30D, 40D and 5D/ Nikon D80 and D200/ or Fuji S5 SLR Cameras, Black:
great for the look of the camera
from Longmont, Co on 3/14/2008
Comments about Camera Armor Camera Armor Battery Grip Armor for the Battery Grip of the Canon 20D, 30D, 40D and 5D/ Nikon D80 and D200/ or Fuji S5 SLR Cameras, Black:
I am not aware of any competing product - so you have no choice. It works fairly well, but I think a dedicated version for the MB-D200 could do better. The same version works for Canon 30D, 5D and Nikon D80 and D200.
There is a non-functional hole on the right side - probably to handle a different camera model - and the hole for the controls on the MB-D200 on the right side is not quite what it should be. A large part of the bottom is open - i.e. the bottom is still somewhat exposed to scratches if the camera is set down on uneven surfaces.
The bottom line is that it is an excellent idea that was executed somewhat sloppy.
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Comments about Camera Armor Camera Armor Battery Grip Armor for the Battery Grip of the Canon 20D, 30D, 40D and 5D/ Nikon D80 and D200/ or Fuji S5 SLR Cameras, Black:
There is a problem with using cameraArmor for both the body and the battery-grip on nearly all cameras. CameraArmor works fine on the body only or on the battery grip only. But once you have a cameraArmor on your camera-body,there is NO way to connect a battery grip..
There is no other way then to start using knife and scissors on the cameraArmor.
And at the risk of destroying the cameraArmor you might find a way to make things work... On my Canon 5D it only worked after I cut away most part of the bottom of the body-cameraArmor.But after a few weeks the material became too weak at the corners , and it became floppy and unusable. This product is made of very high quality material and it really helps to protect the camera and also makes your camera look less expensive, so you feel more at ease when you walk through rough parts of a City.But don't start cutting away the bottom part of the CameraArmor in order to use it with a battery grip.
It would be a good thing if CameraArmor warns customers if they want to use a battery grip on their digital SLR, because you simply can't in most cases.. But for now I think IMHO this is the best way, apart from buying a weather-sealed expensive SLR, to protect a camera body and a camera body only, or to protect a battery grip only.