So far me the grip is not yet fallen, but he dissolves again slightly and the screw has to be tightened. This is in continuous use and a bit annoying especially when a safety harness, which is attached to the tripod socket (with my sunsniper) also worrying. The sunsniper dissolves also and has ever caused me greater damage to the camera and lens, so I'm probably become extra careful here and solved screws as decidedly feel unsettling. Otherwise, the grip is very very high quality and surprisingly well equipped. The combination makes but from a DXXX not got a professional camera. For professional cameras the battery grip is installed and therefore the combination can be a bit lighter and stronger constructed. And last but not least controls can be conveniently distributed to body and battery pack. Especially the ISO button is in serious objective to better serve when sitting down in the battery grip as if it is housed on the left shoulder of the camera. If you want to use the battery handle regularly, perhaps you should let's see if he does not get a used D3 instead of the combination of D700 and battery grip. Otherwise, it receives the handle a quality compromise. no more and no less.