The cotton carrier hand strap with arca swiss mini plate provides additional comfort and security when youre out and about with your dslr the strap comes with a heavy duty velcro strap that can be quickly adjusted to ensure a comfortable fit against your hand the strap attaches to the base of your camera via the arca swiss style plate that also offers a standard 20 threaded hole so you can either clamp your camera directly to a tripod or attach any number of popular quick release plates