Ownuser Battery Grip FBH-P3

Hi all, I'm highly interested in the Battery grip by Ownuser, mainly because of its price and that it takes AA batteries. However, because of its price, I'm a little concerned that it's not going to be very good.

Has anybody had any experience with this grip?

My apologies if this has already been asked but I couldn't find the post.

Cheers

P.S My K10D will arrive on Tuesday and I can't stop myself from telling everyone.

Hi Shaks,
If it is the same sort of thing as my friends Nikon 40x version, my advice is forget it, It is very Naff.
Save your money and get the Pentax one, and it will be weather sealed.

I think you're right. The more I look at it, the more I realise I was being a little too optimistic.

I have no experience of it, but it looks bulky, and lacks the command dials, green button, Exposure compensation button, and the storage space for the remote release and spare memory card. Oh and it's not weather sealed, which may or may not be important to you.

And why's it got 2 shutter release buttons?

If I was going for a cheaper alternative, I think I'd be more tempted by one of the copies of the pentax design, but not knowing how good they are...

But I was happy spending £100 on the genuine article.

Dan

My main reason for wanting one is for the battery issue. A nightmare for me has always been being on location somewhere without electricity to charge the batteries. The ownusers accept AA's albeit an army of AA's.

I have found that two batteries in my K10 (one in the camera and one in the grip) will last for a very long time. I often go for weeks without charging them. If you are worried buy some extras (there are reasonable non-Pentax ones around, search old posts for suggestions) and just take a set with you.

Cheers, Kris.

I'll probably do just that.

Thanks for your advice guys.

A pleasure

Following on from womble's comment, SRS are listing the grip for the K10/20 here

Don't forget to mention your a forum user if you order, they don't charge us for postage so I'm told

Cool, thanks.

it looks very nasty and not very ergonomic...

Don't fall for this one either (it looks the same as the original but costs allmost as much:
Imitation grip

The situation has changed somewhat. I won't now be getting a K10D, the shop ran out even though they said they had it in stock. So doing what any sensible person would do, I blew the budget and went for the K20D.

I think I'll go for the genuine article and just get a few of those rechargeable batteries.

Hi, you won't regret it, the K20 is a superb bit of kit.
I love mine, I am now just about getting used to it and I had one of the first ones to come into the country!!
I also paid alot more for it than you have had to but I don't care, I have never had so much fun with a camera before.

Well I'm not one to read a manual, any kind of manual but I've been reading the manual for the K20D as I can't wait to get it.

Enjoy your K20, when it arrives. You've made a good choice there and the original battery grip is definately the one to go for.