Accessory holder

Accessory holders for your setup, small helpers, big impact

It’s not the camera alone that makes the difference, but everything around it that needs to be neat, stable, and quickly within reach. This is exactly where accessory holders come into play: unobtrusive, but extremely crucial when you’re working in the studio, on location, or anywhere between the kitchen table and an industrial perforated table. In this category you’ll find accessory holders that tidy up, secure, and above all make your setup more flexible, without you having to build half a tripod warehouse every time.

Product and system solutions

Magic Arms from Leofoto when you “need another hand”

The Magic Arms from Leofoto are basically what you wish for when you think: “I could really use an assistant to hold this for a moment.” Instead, a stable, flexibly adjustable arm takes over this job, reproducibly and without anyone getting tired in between. Whether monitor, LED light, microphone, smartphone holder, or small reflector: you clamp your accessory on, tighten a central screw, and it stays put. Period.

Especially when you’re working with cage systems, rigs, or multiple tripods, these Magic Arms make the difference between cable-spaghetti chaos and a tidy, professional setup. And yes, they are surprisingly robust for their size, bringing a bit of “workshop feeling” into the photo studio.

Flexible support arms from Wimberley, precise, smooth, almost excessively stable

The flexible support arms from Wimberley are more like the quiet pros: they can be positioned with great sensitivity, but then hold as if they were welded in place. They are particularly interesting when you work in macro, product photography, or nature photography and want to position reflectors, flags, small LED panels, or background elements with millimeter precision.

Because the support arms are so flexible, you can mount them on tripods, tables, plates, or clamps and virtually “hang” your accessories in the air, exactly where you need them. No balancing on stacks of books, no wobbly tape improvisations (we’ve all been there). Just clean, reproducible, professional.

Novoflex, modular accessory holders for precise setups

Novoflex has stood for well-thought-out, modular support systems for years, and you can tell from their accessory holders. If you value precise adjustability, high-quality materials, and long-term compatibility, you’re in very good hands here. The arms, joints, and adapters can be combined, expanded, and adapted to a wide range of situations: from compact tabletop setups to complex studio installations.

Particularly practical: many Novoflex accessory holders are designed so that you can connect them with common interfaces such as 1/4" and 3/8" threads, cold shoes, or clamping systems. This way your system grows with you instead of forcing you to start from scratch every few months.

Multi-function clamps, the inconspicuous all-rounders

The multi-function clamps in this category are a bit like the “gaffer tape, but in nice” solution: they hold backgrounds, reflectors, cables, fabrics, small lights, filter holders, GoPros, and basically everything that isn’t screwed down by the count of three. You can attach them to pipes, plates, table edges, tripods, or trusses and combine them with suitable adapters or arms, for example with Magic Arms or flexible support arms.

Especially in mobile use, at events, in home studios, or in tight spaces, multi-function clamps are worth their weight in gold. Once properly tightened, they hold reliably and often save you from having to set up an additional tripod. Or two.

Application & practice

Typical areas of use, from studio to outdoor

At first glance, accessory holders seem like “nice to have”, but they quickly turn into “actually can’t do without them anymore”. Typical applications:

• Mounting monitors, recorders, or wireless receivers on camera rigs and tripods
• Flexible positioning of LED lights, flashes, and small softboxes
• Holding reflectors, flags, gobos, and diffusers in product and portrait photography
• Stable mounting of microphones and audio accessories in video or streaming setups
• Organizing cables, power supplies, and small tools directly at the workstation

In short: wherever you want to mount something securely while still keeping it flexible to adjust, accessory holders are the silent heroes in the background.

What you should look for in accessory holders

You might be asking yourself: “Do I really need such specialized stuff?” That depends on how often you have to set up and rearrange your setup. A few points that really matter in practice:

• Load capacity: Pay attention to how much weight the arm or clamp can actually hold safely, not just in theory but in everyday use.
• Material and workmanship: Metal instead of flimsy plastic, smooth joints, grippy screws—sounds trivial, but it makes all the difference.
• Compatibility: Standard threads (1/4", 3/8"), cold shoe adapters, Arca-compatible mounts—this keeps your system flexible.
• Adjustability: Fine adjustment, central locking, ball joints, or segmented arms, depending on the intended use.
• Packed size: Especially if you travel a lot, a compact, lightweight accessory holder is worth its weight in gold.

Your individual support system, combining instead of improvising

In the end, it’s all about having to improvise less and being able to spend more time shooting, filming, or streaming. With a well-thought-out combination of Magic Arms from Leofoto, flexible support arms from Wimberley, modular Novoflex solutions, and robust multi-function clamps, you can gradually build a support system that fits your workflow—not the other way around.

And when you realize that at your next shoot you no longer have to hold the light with one hand and focus with the other, because everything is securely mounted, then you’ll know why accessory holders are not a side issue, but a pretty clever upgrade for your entire setup.