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<blockquote data-quote="rocketman122" data-source="post: 448137" data-attributes="member: 14443">IM all for aftermarket products. flashes/batteries/grips/ accessories whatever. I dont buy anything nikon anymore if theres an alternative. besides the AN-6Y strap. I used to pay for the expensive nikon gear. not today. when the nikon D800 grip came out it sold for a whopping $600. now it sells for a reasonable $440- the meike grip $55-yea, ill take 2 meike over the nikon. I had a no name brand from ebay I used for ebay. never had a single issue and I dont baby my gear when im shooting weddings. I dont bang it around. but no issues at all. no one here uses their gear so harshly that an aftermarket couldnt satisfy them. no one. its a mindset that people need a D4s grip build. its simply not true. if youre not going trekking with your gear in the amazon forrest then a 3rd party grip will more than fit the bill.and I know what build is. ive used F5's and I have a D3/D3s and had the D600 and I didnt feel the 3rd party grip wasnt capable. not for a second.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rocketman122, post: 448137, member: 14443"] IM all for aftermarket products. flashes/batteries/grips/ accessories whatever. I dont buy anything nikon anymore if theres an alternative. besides the AN-6Y strap. I used to pay for the expensive nikon gear. not today. when the nikon D800 grip came out it sold for a whopping $600. now it sells for a [I]reasonable [/I]$440- the meike grip $55-yea, ill take 2 meike over the nikon. I had a no name brand from ebay I used for ebay. never had a single issue and I dont baby my gear when im shooting weddings. I dont bang it around. but no issues at all. no one here uses their gear so harshly that an aftermarket couldnt satisfy them. no one. its a mindset that people need a D4s grip build. its simply not true. if youre not going trekking with your gear in the amazon forrest then a 3rd party grip will more than fit the bill. and I know what build is. ive used F5's and I have a D3/D3s and had the D600 and I didnt feel the 3rd party grip wasnt capable. not for a second. [/QUOTE]

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