Patent ID: 7946771

Claim:
A camera support comprising a baseplate on which first and second engaging means are formed for releasably engaging first and second portions of a camera body displaced along the baseplate in an engaging direction, wherein the first engaging means defines an abutment position for the first portion of the camera body, and the second engaging means defines a space between two sidewalls for slidably receiving a web of the camera body, one of said sidewalls is displaceable towards the other and is coupled to a trigger of the first engaging means so as to clamp the web between the sidewalls, when the trigger is operated by the first portion reaching the abutment position, a flat outside surface of said baseplate forms one of said sidewalls, and the other sidewall is formed by a locking plate which is held above said flat surface by a stem extending through a bore of said flat surface, and a wedge is located between a pressing surface of said stem and an inside surface of said baseplate.