set up had a power grip with it. there is a battery in the power grip as well as a battery in the camera. it was set to use the power grip battery and then switch to the battery in the camera. the camera itself is small, and with my big hands, i prefer the grip. especially for shooting vertical images. many of the functions on the camera, dials, and shutter release are on the handle and allow you to control the camera when shooting vertically. this can be locked so that the buttons don’t function. the battery is rated for 400+ images, and that is typical of what i 