The extension arm that connects the adapter to the camera seems especially weak, particularly at the point where the arm and the adapter connect (the unit is designed to allow the adapter to disassemble into two pieces). This is particularly evident if you grip just the adapter and not the camera. Although my camera is quite light, the arm flexed enough under its weight that I had serious reservations as to whether it might not snap off and send my camera crashing to the ground. I ended up strengthening the arm with a stip of metal.