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Nikon Coolpix A1000 Grip and Arca Tripod Plate NEW
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Product Description
A grip, tripod plate, and bottom right strap connector for the Nikon Coolpix A1000. Also available without the grip in the shop.
If you have a printer or can get access to one, download the design to modify or print your own here:
https://www.printables.com/model/597188-nikon-coolpix-a1000-grip-and-arca-tripod-plate-upd
The problemThe Coolpix A1000 is one of my favorite horrible cameras. In most lighting conditions it takes horrible pictures, and it's sort of poorly designed, but I always have it in my backpack because I enjoy doing bird & wildlife photos and having that crazy zoom range in a pocketable form factor greatly increases the amount of cool wildlife sightings I'm able to capture and share.
Compromised optics and sensor performance aside, it has a couple annoying design flaws. This fixes one of them.
On the a900, the screen flipped up so you could take a selfie or group picture. On the A1000, there's a viewfinder now, so instead of doing a marginally more complicated flip up mechanism (see the Fuji X-E4 for how this should have been done), Nikon made the screen flip down.
The big problem here is that if you want to take a group picture or a selfie on a tripod or a selfie stick, the tripod mount is DIRECTLY behind the center of the screen.
My solutionThis printable object gives you a standard arca-type tripod mounting plate offset way over to the side, out of the way of the screen. This version also adds a nice Ricoh GR - inspired grip, which can be used to help with stiffness.
Screws and how to installI've tested it with these screws: https://www.mcmaster.com/92220A181/
Just get a 1/4 20 screw with about 1/4" long shaft and 1/8" long head, with a head no wider than 0.375
On the version with a grip, I suggest trying it out to see if you like it, and then using double sided tape on the vertical part to stick it onto the camera body to improve overall stiffness.
What's new & improvedThis version was redesigned from scratch starting from a flatbed scan of the bottom of the camera. Improvements include:
If you have a printer or can get access to one, download the design to modify or print your own here:
https://www.printables.com/model/597188-nikon-coolpix-a1000-grip-and-arca-tripod-plate-upd
The problemThe Coolpix A1000 is one of my favorite horrible cameras. In most lighting conditions it takes horrible pictures, and it's sort of poorly designed, but I always have it in my backpack because I enjoy doing bird & wildlife photos and having that crazy zoom range in a pocketable form factor greatly increases the amount of cool wildlife sightings I'm able to capture and share.
Compromised optics and sensor performance aside, it has a couple annoying design flaws. This fixes one of them.
On the a900, the screen flipped up so you could take a selfie or group picture. On the A1000, there's a viewfinder now, so instead of doing a marginally more complicated flip up mechanism (see the Fuji X-E4 for how this should have been done), Nikon made the screen flip down.
The big problem here is that if you want to take a group picture or a selfie on a tripod or a selfie stick, the tripod mount is DIRECTLY behind the center of the screen.
My solutionThis printable object gives you a standard arca-type tripod mounting plate offset way over to the side, out of the way of the screen. This version also adds a nice Ricoh GR - inspired grip, which can be used to help with stiffness.
Screws and how to installI've tested it with these screws: https://www.mcmaster.com/92220A181/
Just get a 1/4 20 screw with about 1/4" long shaft and 1/8" long head, with a head no wider than 0.375
On the version with a grip, I suggest trying it out to see if you like it, and then using double sided tape on the vertical part to stick it onto the camera body to improve overall stiffness.
What's new & improvedThis version was redesigned from scratch starting from a flatbed scan of the bottom of the camera. Improvements include:
- Shape braces against the edges of the camera better, so less wiggle
- Cool grip
- Better clearance for flip down display.
Details
What's in the box:
a1000 s23 grip v0 1 0 grip
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Rating:
Mature audiences only.
