MB-D10 or cheapo from Ebay

Flash In The Pan said:
My point is that a genuine plastic Nikon grip, whether it be for a D200 or D300 is only a few pounds more than the Chinese rip-off one.....
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I think you missed my point as well - there is no genuine Nikon plastic gtip for D300 that is just a few quid more than chinese knock offs. What you say is only applicable to grips for D200. The D200 grip won't work (even attach) to D300/D700 - those use different style grips and they are significantly more expensive
 
dalex_257 said:
I think you missed my point as well - there is no genuine Nikon plastic gtip for D300 that is just a few quid more than chinese knock offs. What you say is only applicable to grips for D200. The D200 grip won't work (even attach) to D300/D700 - those use different style grips and they are significantly more expensive
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:bang: Yes...I know that :shake: I'm not saying a D200 grip fits a D300 and I know that Nikon don't do a plastic grip for the D300. :lol:

What I'm saying is that you're paying the same money for a chinese knock-off (regardless of whether it's for a D200, D300 or anything else) as Nikon charge for the plastic grip that they sell for a D200.

Yet according to you the Nikon-manufactured piece of plastic is a "cheap plasticy (sic) one", whereas the plastic, pot-luck quality chinese copy of the D300 grip is by your logic great value.

If the chinese are just copying the MB-D10 by taking a cast of one, which is how it looks, and knocking out plastic copies then they should be able to sell them for far less than the cost of a (to all intents and purposes) similar genuine product.

The "bargain" price they copies are sold at is only governed by the price of the genuine article. If the real MB-D10 was £100 then I'd bet they'd be able to sell the copies would at £30......
 
You been at the scotch Flashy..........your spheling and gramma has gone to rat poo..........:D


Seriously, I shall do a review of the phottix grip when I have chance,I am impressed in more ways than one, especially with the initial supplier........:thumbs:
 
Flash In The Pan said:
Apart from a few hundred pounds difference in price, what's the difference? :shrug:
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The sensor size of the D700 will, in my mind, need a higher investment in lenses to match the quality of the sensor. When I went from a D70 to a D200, the D200 showed the deficiencies in the Sigma 70-300 lens I had. I believe a D700 would maybe do a similar thing to my Nikon 70-300 lens. Spending 1000s £s on camera and lenses would give the owner an expectation of quality that a copy of a Nikon product would maybe not meet imho.

The bargain of the copy is not just the build quality, but also the functionality and the price versus the original. Some of the battery grips don't work the same as the original, and indeed some don't even try to copy the original in functionality or styling. But some of them work the same, look the same, and are nearly a 1/4 of the price, that to me sounds like bargain. But it is up to the individual whether it is a bargain to them. I'm still debating whether to get the Link Delight copy myself. :)
 
redhed17 said:
The sensor size of the D700 will, in my mind, need a higher investment in lenses to match the quality of the sensor. When I went from a D70 to a D200, the D200 showed the deficiencies in the Sigma 70-300 lens I had. I believe a D700 would maybe do a similar thing to my Nikon 70-300 lens. Spending 1000s £s on camera and lenses would give the owner an expectation of quality that a copy of a Nikon product would maybe not meet imho.
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Does that mean that you see the build quality of the D300 as inferior to a D700? It is, basically the same camera, afterall....

The bargain of the copy is not just the build quality, but also the functionality and the price versus the original. Some of the battery grips don't work the same as the original, and indeed some don't even try to copy the original in functionality or styling. But some of them work the same, look the same, and are nearly a 1/4 of the price, that to me sounds like bargain. But it is up to the individual whether it is a bargain to them. I'm still debating whether to get the Link Delight copy myself. :)
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With regard to the L-D copy, the only "bargain" factor can really be the price, but, for the reasons covered in my previous post, I personally see it as a false economy.

You pays your money.......:shrug:
 
fracster said:
You been at the scotch Flashy..........your spheling and gramma has gone to rat poo..........:D
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:thinking: Just ran a spellcheck over the post and......nowt wrong (apart from not capitalizing the "c" in Chinese....:shrug:

There might be the odd comma missing though- I was banging my head off the keyboard as I typed, y'know :lol:
 
I suppose it could be argued genuine or not they are all made in the far east, Thailand,China,Japan etc, just thought i would throw that into the mix :lol:
 
Flash In The Pan said:
Yet according to you the Nikon-manufactured piece of plastic is a "cheap plasticy (sic) one", whereas the plastic, pot-luck quality chinese copy of the D300 grip is by your logic great value.
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I wonder now if you were reading my post at all and how did you arrive to that interpretation of what I said? I never said anything about the great value - I merely referred to non-validity of your comparison.

My original post was to your comparison of 82 quid that the guy in the referenced thread paid for vertical grip for D300 and then you compare it to Nikon brand of the vertical grip for D200 with the conclusion that difference in prices is about 8 quid. My point was that you should compare likes with likes: i.e. chinese copies of grip for D200 with Nikon genuine grip for D200 and chinese copies of grip for D300 with Nikon genuine grip for D300. If you would have done that you would see that difference in price is quite significant. Chinese copies of D200 grip could be found for as little as 50-60 quid and if Nikon's genuine D200 grip now costs 120 quid rougly - that's 2x times the price. For the D300 the difference even bigger - since you can have cheapo chinese plasticy one for 80-90 quid and Nikon genuine one for D300 would set you back 180 quid at least. Of course for D300 the difference in quality is significantly larger - and I never denied it.
 
Flash In The Pan said:
I have that EN-EL4 adapter in my MB-D10, there's a review and some pics of it here on TP (somewhere)
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And do you find it works well Graham ? what i mean is do you actually get the extra FPS.
 
I think I'm going to hang off for a genuine MB-D10, a second hand one went for £185 last night on Ebay, the same price as a new one!!
Even if I decide to upgrade the body in the future, I'm pretty sure I'll still get a good price for a used grip.
I'll see how the finances are towards the end of the month :)
 
TG. said:
And do you find it works well Graham ? what i mean is do you actually get the extra FPS.
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Yup, works a treat, it's not a fantastic fit, which is a bit iritating, but it does give 8fps, but then so do AAs :shrug:

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I think I'm going to hang off for a genuine MB-D10, a second hand one went for £185 last night on Ebay, the same price as a new one!!
Even if I decide to upgrade the body in the future, I'm pretty sure I'll still get a good price for a used grip.
I'll see how the finances are towards the end of the month
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Hey up, you hang on for a genuine MB-D10 you wont regret it and there are some good deals out there I found one:)keep looking
Phil;)
 
phil48 said:
Hey up, you hang on for a genuine MB-D10 you wont regret it and there are some good deals out there I found one:)keep looking
Phil;)
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I just sent a message to a guy on Ebay who's listed a second hand one, he's asking £200 to end the auction early, Aye right!!! :bonk:

Prices have just went up, £199 is the cheapest according to CPB at the moment :(
 
I have a MB-D10 and payed £179 for it and must say its worth the money. My next upgrade will be a D700 so its a wise investment in my eyes. I've got nothing against cheap import version but when I'm having it in my hand for a long time I want it to feel right and not cheap.
 
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