Few months ago i have received a Canon 400D with some lens. the body of camera worked well, and two of the lens worked also. One remaining len, unfortunately the best one, not worked. I have tried to service it, but with no result.
However i have now received the original BG-E3 battery grip for the 400D. I am still using the body as spare one, because it still takes very nice photo, and especially with long aperture it takes maybe better shots than my new 2000D camera.
I will charge both of my batteries and i will try, how long it will last. However even one battery is usually able to cover 2 days of intensive photographing, so i will possibly not use it much.
Although it is a nice piece of hardware, and I will keep it, and I will see, I will find it practical.
Jan "Jenkings" Škoda - blog
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