* The grip of the camera is significantly better.
* Vertical shooting easier go of the hand, the thumb wheel and the main push buttons are duplicated at the usual places.
* With heavier lenses, the weight of the camera does not move too much, so they can be kept better. Were they hanging around his neck, it does not tilt so slightly forward.
* Unfortunately, the camera is also heavier. Plotting its equipment throughout the day at the neck, which can already strain.
* Will you lot taking pictures, you can use two batteries. So one does not go on long days out of the current.
* In remote or tent Travel should be the second slide battery for AA batteries take (is) because 6 alkaline batteries you often get even in the remotest village. A socket with suitable connection and stable supply for charging the batteries ... not always.
The original BG-E14 feels high on, fits comfortably in your hand, the smell Plasik almost neutral (ie not stink as many replica) and adjusts my 70D like a glove.