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3rd party battery grips for d500
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<blockquote data-quote="GracieAllen" data-source="post: 588368" data-attributes="member: 41283"><p>My D500 hasn't arrived yet - ordered it Saturday - but I've used 3rd party battery grips on my D300, D800, D810, D7200 and I have one on order for the D500. I've used them with Nikon batteries, 3rd party batteries and Eneloops on every one of the bodies. They've all fit FINE, been tight, provided the second set of controls which I need 'cause I've been using cameras with motor drives and/or battery grips for so many years having to turn the body sideways is REALLY aggravating!</p><p></p><p>I don't KNOW if they're magnesium, unobtaneum, cheap something else, or what, but they've held the camera on every tripod I've used, with an L bracket, horizontal and vertical with ANY lens I'd put on the camera and use the body to support it on the tripod (10-20, 18-200, 28-300, 90mm macro, etc)... For anything "heavy" the lens has a tripod mount and I use that....</p><p></p><p>My thinking on MOST of this stuff is that Nikon doesn't make the batteries, or the battery grip. These 3rd party ones LOOK very similar (virtually identical) to the "official" one. I figure the resellers are getting them from the same manufacturer and selling them a WHOLE lot cheaper... Same thing for L brackets and such. I've been using 3rd party L brackets on the D300 for 7-8 years, D810 for 2, D7200 for 1, and I've NEVER had a problem with the L brackets. They CERTAINLY haven't failed during any use I've put them to... Big difference between a $10-$20 bracket and a $165 - $190 one...</p><p></p><p>The ONLY TIME I've EVER had a problem with a 3rd party grip is one I got from DSTE. Spent months screwing around trying to get it taken care of. Jumped through a ridiculous number of hoops and finally talked to Paypal, who looked at the content of the emails going back and forth, and refunded the payment. I threw the grip in the garbage and bought a cheaper one that's been working perfectly for 2 years... I expect the same from the one on order for the D500.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GracieAllen, post: 588368, member: 41283"] My D500 hasn't arrived yet - ordered it Saturday - but I've used 3rd party battery grips on my D300, D800, D810, D7200 and I have one on order for the D500. I've used them with Nikon batteries, 3rd party batteries and Eneloops on every one of the bodies. They've all fit FINE, been tight, provided the second set of controls which I need 'cause I've been using cameras with motor drives and/or battery grips for so many years having to turn the body sideways is REALLY aggravating! I don't KNOW if they're magnesium, unobtaneum, cheap something else, or what, but they've held the camera on every tripod I've used, with an L bracket, horizontal and vertical with ANY lens I'd put on the camera and use the body to support it on the tripod (10-20, 18-200, 28-300, 90mm macro, etc)... For anything "heavy" the lens has a tripod mount and I use that.... My thinking on MOST of this stuff is that Nikon doesn't make the batteries, or the battery grip. These 3rd party ones LOOK very similar (virtually identical) to the "official" one. I figure the resellers are getting them from the same manufacturer and selling them a WHOLE lot cheaper... Same thing for L brackets and such. I've been using 3rd party L brackets on the D300 for 7-8 years, D810 for 2, D7200 for 1, and I've NEVER had a problem with the L brackets. They CERTAINLY haven't failed during any use I've put them to... Big difference between a $10-$20 bracket and a $165 - $190 one... The ONLY TIME I've EVER had a problem with a 3rd party grip is one I got from DSTE. Spent months screwing around trying to get it taken care of. Jumped through a ridiculous number of hoops and finally talked to Paypal, who looked at the content of the emails going back and forth, and refunded the payment. I threw the grip in the garbage and bought a cheaper one that's been working perfectly for 2 years... I expect the same from the one on order for the D500. [/QUOTE]
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