A support for use on a studio tripod for studio and television cameras providing one or more shelves for holding articles used by the photographer including a video recorder, which support has leg-engaging elements movable from an elevated position free from one or more adjacent pairs of legs to a lowered position firmly engageable with such legs and in holding relation with said legs under the influence of gravity free from the use of bolts or screws, and which support is quickly removable upon lifting the support to said elevated position.