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(More customer reviews)This vertical grip works very well.
The vertical grip has:
- a cassette for two batteries
- a tripod socket on the bottom
- a place to attach a hand strap on the bottom
- all the standard buttons for the right hand/finger (m-fn, af-on, af-select/+ */-, scroll wheel)
- a switch to turn the vertical grip buttons off
- Intervalometer!
- LCD w/ clock that's always on (when not showing intervalometer settings)
- Button for illuminating/back-lighting the LCD (It's a weak backlight -- probably good for preserving night-vision.)
The box also includes an RC-5-like remote.
Overall, the grip and action feels pretty good. Good definition to the half-shutter press. The grip snugs up tightly with the 7d body -- no looseness at all.
You can use one battery and leave the 2nd space empty, if needed.
It appears to be powered by a coin-cell battery.
The intervalometer has worked well in my limited testing. I set it to take 1 shot every 30 seconds for 180 shots today -- no issues. I even modified some settings in the menu between shots and the sequence kept going.
I found the intervalometer directions to be useless -- misleading actually -- I had to experiment to figure out how to use it. Here's a quick guide based on my experimentation:
Delay - Amount of time to wait before starting the entire sequence (HH:MM:SS)
Long - Length of the shooting burst (HH:MM:SS)
Intvl - Length of each interval (HH:MM:SS) between each shooting burst
N - Number of intervals (maximum 999?)
I usually set "Long" on the intervalometer to 1 sec and the drive mode on the 7d to one frame -- not 3 fps/8fps. This results in one shot per interval. If you use 3fps, you'll get 3 quick shots in that 1 sec.
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