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The 5D Mark II with the battery grip is a joy to use.
Couple it with a heavy lens and it just feels so darn beautiful in your hands; so much stability.
The battery grip takes two batteries. You remove the gate that holds the stock battery. The gate then slides into a little slot in the grip, and, the male connector of the grip then inserts into the female battery compartment.
I can't shoot without a grip. The metering/lock buttons in portrait mode are a godsend.
I don't know anything about third party fakes. I have the genuine grip and it's wonderful. The only thing it's missing is a joystick to select focus point, but, I only ever shoot with the centre point (as well as spot meter, anyway), so, it's not a biggie for me.
The 5D Mark III (?) that's been spotted in the wild being tested by a Japanese gentlemen on safari, shows the new grip with an integrated joystick.
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