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| Nikon Adjustable Handstrap for Digital SLRs | 
 enlarge | Brand: Nikon
Category: Photography
Buy New: $19.95
New (5) from $19.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
MPN: 5859
UPC: 018208058594
EAN: 0018208058594
ASIN: B000S0C3KW
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
OK for the money, but flawed June 24, 2008
For the money, this is fine. It's reasonably comfortable and much better than nothing. You really can carry (say) a D300 with a zoom lens for hours without fatigue.
Now, the downsides:
1. The pad is too short and leaves the strap itself in contact with the top of the hand, just where you need the padding the most.
2. The base doesn't lock to the body, relying on friction to stop it rotating.
3. Forget about getting good results with a tripod. The base makes poor contact with the tripod head and because the base is plastic you just can't get it tight enough to stop the camera rotating on the head, with potentially catastrophic results.
A much better solution, although 4x the cost, is to use an Arca-Swiss compatible baseplate that wraps around the base of the camera slightly, making rotation impossible. The baseplate should have slot on the side to take a wrist strap much like the Nikon one. I'd recommend [...] for the strap, although there are are others. I haven't used their baseplates. There are lots of baseplate sources such as Arca, Foba, Kirk, Wimberly and Markins. I have the Markins P300U for the D300 and it's a work of art.
(The Arca-Swiss system is a quick-release tripod head interface that is the best in the business, so once you have the baseplate, you're ready to spend lots more money on tripods!)
convenient to carry April 25, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It made me comfortable to standby for every shooting chances anytime.
However if I can say comment for future improvement, this was a little bit difficult to put my finger over the shutter button rapidly.
nikon adjustable hadngrip December 23, 2007
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
It works, the price is right and competitive for a Nikon product (normally Nikon products sell for 10-25% more than their knock-off competitors. I don't know if this product is made by a second or third party manufacturer). It is plastic, not leather. The leather strap costs more than $50 at BH Photo/Video. In photos, the leather strap looks to be designed differently from the plastic (nagahide or faux leather?)strap.
You must wear it loose so that you can grip the camera and click the shutter release button. I wish the strap that fits around the back of your hand was bigger/wider and more comfortable. This strap is a bit smallish and you can feel almost all the sewn edges and ridges. This strap fits nearly all Nikon 35mm SLR (I use it on my FM3, N80, N8008) and similar DSLR's, and my Canon G3 digital point and shoot.
In contrast to similar straps made by Hakuba and Op-tech, this handstrap does not have an additional security strap that wraps around the wrist (which would add $5-$15 to the Nikon price).
I recommend this specific product with reservations listed above. Seriously consider second and third party manufacturer that makes a similar kind of strap (if possible, try them out at your local photography specialty store). You might find a better engineered product, or a better price.
Great Concept December 7, 2007
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I was really excited to see this as I was eagar to solve my delimma of the dangling strap. Well, this product turned out to be very awkward. I could never really get my hand in and adjusted very well. Though I didn't return it, I may not use it as much as I would like.
 Good Quality November 11, 2007
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This product is simple, but very useful. I got tired of carrying my camera off my shoulder all day long, and this product offers an excellent alternative. It seems a little pricey, but remember, you are paying good lasting quality (NIKON)
I strongly suggest it
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