5DII joystick/multicontroller

[7enderbender]

So now that we may have seen the first pictures of a new Canon body with a joystick integrated into the battery grip I was wondering what I may be missing. Come to think of it I realized that I never use the thing on my 5DII. How are you guys using it? What other functions would we expect from it that makes it important enough to add a second one to the vertical layout?

[eeek]

Focus point selection.  And I am left handed, which makes using the traditional joystick a huge pain with where it is located.  I shoot in portrait a lot and have always wanted one on the grip.

[Mt Spokane Photography]

I use mine a lot, and am also left handed, but I guess I've learned to feel comfortable using it with my right hand.  I son't use it so extensively that I would miss it on a grip, but then, I had a grip and sold it because I did not like it.  The integral grip on the 1 Series bodies is fine.

[Picsfor]

use it all the time for AF point selection - even with only 9 points to choose from 

I would be lost without it now, and having a BG with a duplicate for use when holding the camera in portrait mode would be an absolute boon. 

If they made a BG for the 5D2 with that feature i would get one tomorrow - if i don't trade up for a newer body with better AF 

 

[7enderbender]

Hm, interesting. I only use the main dial to select focus points.

[Picsfor]

Hm, interesting. I only use the main dial to select focus points.

and what's wrong with that?

If it works for you - what's wrong with that? If Canon didn't want you to do it, they wouldn't have provided the option!