The item you purchased is a Pro Battery Grip for the Canon 7D camera. It can hold 6 AA batteries or two LP-E6 li-ion batteries, doubling the battery capacity of your camera. Vertical shutter release button on the Battery Grip makes shooting with the camera in a vertical position much easier, adding stability to the camera. Beware that the batteries should be put into the magazine before inserting the magazine into the grip!
In this professional edition, it comes with several functional buttons as the flash above showing. It will be much convenient while using. It provides additional shutter release, main dial, AE lock and AF point selection controls for easier vertical shooting. Having the same function as Canon BG-E7!
About the LP-E6 battery, Kindly Note :
1) Please do not charge this battery by Canon original charger, which will ruin this battery.
2) There is no capacity display on camera screen when using this battery, but it can work.
3) It must be charged by the compatible charger that is included in this item.
4) The charger can also be used to original LP-E6 battery.
More details ,pls see battery and charger instruction
