Sony VGC3EM Vertical Grip for α9, α7R III, α7 III black

A great addition to the A7RIII if you do long photo shoots in the field or video work. Battery life is already strong on the A7RIII but with two batteries you won’t ever run out of power in a single session. The batteries slide out in a drawer (with a satisfying release lever) allowing you to swap in a fresh battery without unscrewing the grip or fussing. The size makes the A7RIII a full size camera, which can be good or bad. I appreciate the extra grip area and extra control buttons on the grip. But with a big lens and the extended grip you lose any size reduction from being mirrorless and essentially convert the camera to a professional size DSLR.Quality is great, materials and fit top-notch.

Bought mine used. It is solid and gives me the grip on my a7iii I was looking for. The battery life is great as well.

With a nagging hand ailment and a pressing need for smoother workflow (particularly shooting handheld in portrait orientation) a vertical grip became a no-brainer for me. If you shoot a lot of handheld vertical frames, you really should check one out. You get to keep your ams braced against your chest while retaining full access to a shutter, c1 and c2 buttons, AEL and AF-On buttons, front and rear dials and even a second joystick!Since I make a good part of my living with the camera now, I decided not to mess around with the cheaper units.I still have just one battery and that's not a problem (the camera & grip sense which of the two slots is loaded). A second cell will double the already ample battery life.I did deduct one star for value as the OEM unit is not exactly a bargain. I also deducted one star for durability for the relative fragility of the thin plastic battery tray. I left both at 4 stars as the build seems otherwise decent and the the money does seem to get you a smooth & flawless integration.

I bought this grip used! Great condition,it looks brand new works great! Good buy.

All I can say is, yes it is heavy, but it makes such a positive difference!!! The grip, the battery life, everything is better with this grip! I’m so happy I got it!

I first will start off with the reason I only gave it four stars and that's because it is tad on the expensive side. I was originally going to with a 3rd Party company for a battery grip. However, I decided to go with the Sony for from what I read the others feel a little too plastic and cheap, but the main reason was to stick with all Sony for the camera body. That way if something fails on the camera itself then hopefully it should be easier to deal with Sony, for they can't easily point the finger at the battery grip.

I bought this for the A7R III. Great build quality. If the Sony cameras are too small for your hands - this grip will be an instant fix. You have to remove the camera battery door for installation and you store the battery door on the grip itself. The grip allows for two batteries. You don't have to have 2 batteries installed - one battery will work just fine. Both batteries can be charged via the camera's USB port while the grip is attached - I believe you could not do this with the A7RII and its vertical grip.

I purchased the used version of this product. It showed up a little banged up and worn but nothing major. Works great and saved almost $300 being used vs new.