The hoodman hoodcrane is a universal hot shoe mount for lcd accessories it features a spring loaded latch that moves the crane up and down it also swings up and pivots out of the way for shared lcd viewing or still shooting the hoodcrane has a cold shoe mount on top so you can add other shoe mounted accessories it is designed to work with the hoodman hoodloupe 30 which provides you with a magnified view of your shot on the cameras 30 lcd during dslr video capture and the hoodmag 30 eye