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Decided to replace the rubber front grip on my D300 as its coming away from the card slot end.
The actual replacement part is about £27 if anyone is going to do the same.
Did a little research on just glueing the existing one down but discovered that due to the grip material things like superglue or other stuff isn't advisable.
This material Nikon use for grips is absorbant to a certain extent so any moisture say off the hands eventually seeps through and unglues the grip from the camera body. Seems its a common complaint on not only the Nikon D300 but other variations as well.
Once the rubber grip comes loose it tends to spread a bit making it not very easy to put back in place
Wiith the research I discovered there is a small screw right up inside the battery housing which has to be undone as it screws into the grip, so a very small screwdriver is needs to undo it.
This is a link to the site I found showing this screw
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/post/29294785
Me being me I am reluctant to send the camera away for this "minor" repair so I thought I would have a go myself.
This photo of mine shows up where the screw is better (arrowed)
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The actual replacement part is about £27 if anyone is going to do the same.
Did a little research on just glueing the existing one down but discovered that due to the grip material things like superglue or other stuff isn't advisable.
This material Nikon use for grips is absorbant to a certain extent so any moisture say off the hands eventually seeps through and unglues the grip from the camera body. Seems its a common complaint on not only the Nikon D300 but other variations as well.
Once the rubber grip comes loose it tends to spread a bit making it not very easy to put back in place
Wiith the research I discovered there is a small screw right up inside the battery housing which has to be undone as it screws into the grip, so a very small screwdriver is needs to undo it.
This is a link to the site I found showing this screw
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/post/29294785
Me being me I am reluctant to send the camera away for this "minor" repair so I thought I would have a go myself.
This photo of mine shows up where the screw is better (arrowed)
realspeed
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