Designed for use with the hoodman 3inch hoodloupe the hoodcrane uses the cameras hot shoe as an anchor point the hoodcrane locks onto the hoodloupe for perfect hands free viewing then when the viewfinder needs to be used for shooting stills or just a less critical view of the lcd screen is needed the hoodcrane just swings out of the way the hoodcrane is fitted with a cold shoe so an accessory shoe is still available when using a dslr and the hoodcrane the hoodcrane is not just limited t