Shoulder strap ruins D-800

(1) With masking tape, tape around lower part of camera body and base plate. Do not cover the gap.

(2) Lightly fill the gap with silicon gel (the kind for bathtub, boat, ...)

(3) Have another person hold your camera in upside down position.

(4) Put a piece of wood block on top of base.

(5) Hit it with hammer.

Details: Human hands as soft cusion; wood block for evenly distributed force and preventing scratch. It doesn't have to be wood, anything flat, hard would do. Never hit camera with hammer directly or you gonna have a deformed base, the direct imapct may cause damage inside. When the base is back to shape, silicon gel will be squeezed out, that's where masking tape is for. Let it dry overnight. It's good as new.

If you have friends with good craftmanship or precision tools, they may have even better ideas.

And remember: Tripod socket is for linkage, base plate is just bottom cover, neither of them are designed for stressfull job.



Thumbs, perfect aiming aid for hammer.