I use this shoe for attaching a microphone Zoom H1 on a Nikon D3200, as saying that this adapter is very much cheaper than that offered by the brand Zoom (Zoom HS-1). Having 2 against nuts helps tighten one hand the microphone (for my use) and secondly the camera. The only downside is that it does not have a no extra screws beneath and thus unscrew it every time you want for example to the microphone on a tripod. I do not remove star for this flaw because I did not need to screw up / down often to use that I have, but attention to this detail if you buy it!