A couple of weeks ago I ordered an ownuser battery grip for my Oly E-510 camera. It helps vertical shooting a lot and is a verry firm grip. Built well (not the cheap plastic you would expect really).
The it has two buttons on the grip (for left/right handed) and it can pack two batteries (two BLM-1) or 12AA type batteries with a special battery holder.
The only problem is that it actually powers the camera through the mini USB connector on the back side so it is a bit clumsy, but otherwise works perfectly.
It takes a bit getting used to if you use a lot of manual mode like I do and have to turn the knobs all the time ;)
I'd rate it worth the money for an E-510 user (since olympus does not produce any official grips for E-510/E-520 models).
I have also ordered an GPS bluetooth module from E-bay, when that one comes in we'll dig into geocoding of pictures.
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