The manfrotto 143 magic arm is a versatile, aluminium articulating arm which can support up to 3kg and is designed to securely hold various accessories and enable quick positioning of whatever you attach to it ie'. '.strtoupper('l')ighting equipment or an additional camera'. '.strtoupper('t')he arm comes with a central locking lever that can lock all three pivot points'. '.strtoupper('o')n one end is a 5 8 stud which is threaded with a 3 8 female socket and on the other end is a standard ¼ 20 thread mount'. '.strtoupper('t')his kit includes the manfrotto 143n magic arm, a manfrotto 143bkt camera umbrella bracket, a backlite base 003 compact stand for the arm, as well as the super cl which usefully holds kit or subject matter securely in place.