7D2's BG-E16 weather sealing?

H. Jones

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Aug 1, 2014
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I was reviewing a picture of the BG-E16 in advance of buying a 7D2 and noticed what appeared to be a rubber gasket around the part of the grip that extends into the battery compartment of the 7D2. I haven't seen such a gasket on any previous battery grips, and I've known it to be a strong weakness to a camera's weather sealing if using a grip.
Does this mean we finally have some level of weather sealing guaranteed even with the grip?

Here's the picture I'm referencing of the BG-E16
http://cdn01.dcfever.com/articles/news/2014/10/141029_canon_7d2_08l.jpg

And here a BG-E11 for the 5D Mark III that definitely does not have the gasket:
http://berminghamcameras.ie/images/detailed/1/product_detailed_image_6137_957.jpg

Seems pretty exciting to me.