Canon BG-E11 Battery Grip for the 5D Mark III Digital Camera

The Canon BG-E11 Battery Grip for 5D Mark III Camerais an optional battery grip with improved ergonomics designedspecifically for the Canon EOS 5D Mark III. It allows users to load achoice of one or two LP-E6 battery packs. With two packs, thealready-impressive battery life is doubled, compared to using a singleLP-E6 pack in-camera. This is especially useful when taking advantage ofthe camera''s movie mode or Live View mode - operating modes that usemore power. In addition, with the included battery magazine, you canalso run the camera off six AA batteries.

The BG-E11 alsoprovides full vertical shooting controls, which can be independentlyturned on or off as the photographer needs to enhance camera handling,especially for shooting vertical pictures. It has a large number ofoperating controls as well: shutter button, Main Dial, multi-controller,AF point selection button, AE lock/FE lock button, AF start button, andmulti-function button.