Battery Grips - Wedding Photography

[Steven Gourlay]

I was asked to be the main photographer for a wedding at the weekend so i thought it would be best to get a battery grip that could use AA batteries but also the standard Canon rechargeable batteries.

I bought a several packs of Duracell ultra and Duracell Pro cell as i had horrible thoughts of running out of batteries when I needed the camera to operate all day and a fair bit of the night.

How disappointed was I with the battery life of AA batteries with the 5D MK II, the battery grip holds 6x AA batteries and with both the Pro Cell and the Ultra the batteries had died within a couple of hours tops.

I ended up using my standard battery that came with the Canon 5D MK II which lasted hours longer than using AA’s, im now going to invest in a more of the Canon 5D MK II rechargeable batteries.

Just thought i would share my experience.