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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 605867" data-attributes="member: 13090">While I have, at times, used the tripod socket out of necessity I don't like the idea. Doubly so when using a battery grip. Have you seen a cut away of just how little material there is supporting the tripod socket on Nikon battery grips? I have, and it does not inspire confidence. My favorite strap, my Joby UltraFit, attaches using the tripod socket but I don't use that strap when fully loaded with my heavy 70-200mm and battery grip. Maybe that's an over-abundance of caution but hey, it's my kit so I get to be abundantly cautious if choose to. What I have done, on occasion, is modify a strap that was designed to use the tripod-socket to use the strap lugs on the camera body instead. All it takes is a little thought, some split-rings, maybe a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/BosStrap-Extra-BosTail-Additional-Replace/dp/B006GEO03M/ref=sr_1_1?s=photo&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1486924362&amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank">BosTail</a>...Or you can use the tripod socket. I've seen a lot of people do it and I don't have any first-hand experience, or second-hand stories, of people having the socket fail on them......</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 605867, member: 13090"] While I have, at times, used the tripod socket out of necessity I don't like the idea. Doubly so when using a battery grip. Have you seen a cut away of just how little material there is supporting the tripod socket on Nikon battery grips? I have, and it does not inspire confidence. My favorite strap, my Joby UltraFit, attaches using the tripod socket but I don't use that strap when fully loaded with my heavy 70-200mm and battery grip. Maybe that's an over-abundance of caution but hey, it's my kit so I get to be abundantly cautious if choose to. What I have done, on occasion, is modify a strap that was designed to use the tripod-socket to use the strap lugs on the camera body instead. All it takes is a little thought, some split-rings, maybe a [url=https://www.amazon.com/BosStrap-Extra-BosTail-Additional-Replace/dp/B006GEO03M/ref=sr_1_1?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1486924362&sr=1-1]BosTail[/url]... Or you can use the tripod socket. I've seen a lot of people do it and I don't have any first-hand experience, or second-hand stories, of people having the socket fail on them. [COLOR="#FFFFFF"].....[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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