What is the camera handle?

Camera accessories installed at the bottom of the camera have built-in vertical shutter buttons and other operating buttons to increase the grip performance, which are called vertical handles, sometimes called vertical handles or multifunctional battery boxes.

Most digital SLR cameras have only one shutter button, which is located at the top of the fuselage, so it can be easily operated when composing horizontally. But once the vertical composition is needed, the action of pressing the shutter button with the right hand will become less natural. For consumer digital cameras, the impact is not great because of their small size and light weight, but for digital SLR cameras, in some demanding occasions (such as news interviews, sports photography, etc. ), it will enlarge the defect of "unnatural shutter feel" and may affect the shooting stability. A better solution is to design a vertical shutter button at the bottom of the digital SLR camera, so that even if the camera rotates 90 degrees, you can "press" the shutter in the usual way during vertical composition to ensure a good feel.

In addition to the vertical shutter button, some camera handles are also equipped with functional buttons such as exposure compensation button, AE-L exposure lock, and front and rear coarse dial wheels.

, depending on the level of the handle.

The handle integrates almost all the functional buttons of the fuselage, just like moving all the buttons on the back of the fuselage to the handle. Take a closer look: handle switch, shutter button, AE-L exposure lock, exposure compensation button. This design ensures that photographers can still enjoy the same control performance as when shooting vertically.

In addition to adding the shutter button, it is more convenient to hold the pen directly, and the grip of the pen directly can also be improved. In order to pursue small size and low height, the entry-level digital SLR camera leads to the exposure of the little finger of the right hand when it is held, and it is in a suspended state. After installing the vertical racket handle, the height of the fuselage increases, and the little finger will also hold the racket handle, which makes the grip stronger and improves the shooting stability. In addition, the balance weight of the fuselage can be increased through the handle, so that the center moves backward, and at the same time, the height of the camera can be increased, and the hand-held balance arm can be lengthened, so that the stability balance sensitivity of the camera equipped with a telephoto lens is increased, which is convenient for hand-held shooting.

Finally, the vertical racket handle of digital SLR itself is equivalent to an external battery box, which can hold more batteries or change the types of batteries that can be used, support longer shooting or improve battery compatibility. The vertical handle plays a very important role in some extreme shooting conditions (such as outdoor collecting wind, unconditional charging and battery replacement).