Quick Release Camera Clip

Product Description

No matter what kind of photography you do, Capture lets you take your camera everywhere and never miss another shot. The new ergonomically redesigned, ultralight Capture Camera Clip is a camera holstering solution for everyone, with an attractive price to match. Carry your DSLR or compact camera directly on any backpack strap, belt or bag. The quick-release lock keeps your camera rigidly secure, yet instantly accessible. Aluminum & glass-reinforced nylon construction.

Top Reviews

Good concept, TERRIBLE SIDE ENTRY usage.
by Alex Wei (3 out of 5 stars)
May 6, 2017

A problem that I continuously run into is that my Capture Clip performes artrociously when setup for side entry. I've recently started running the capture clip on my belt (load bearing type, not a leather belt) on my left side. Thus, the capture clip goes in from the rightside into the clip. The problem with this is that the tolerancing on the small plastic latch has enough play such that the corresponding plate can wedge between the latch and the dovetail. Normally, the plate should engage the latch and push it back so it can slide in. When the plate wedges itself above the latch, it gets **totally jammed** and will not enter. This issue can be avoided by pushing the release button to manually hold the plastic wedge in, but is nothing like the "drop and forget" sort of tool that the creators market.

I don't trust this thing to hold my camera really. It's quite wiggly in there, unless you tighten down the retention mechanism, and when you do, entry becomes somewhat sticky. This issue is possibly exacerbated by the fact that one side of my capture clip is completely chewed up now due to insertions where the plate got wedged between the latch and dovetail (the other side is basically forced to dig itself into the plate).

IF one uses the Capture Clip such that you enter straight down, it seems like it might be good enough consistently for some people. The plate only gets jammed when it enters while lifted up on the latch side and flush on the non-latch side (ie, what happens 100% of the time when you have it mounted on your left side on your belt). At that point though, I honestly feel like retention systems like the SpiderPro are faster than the Capture. Capture is perhaps only really useful as a last-ditch positive retention mechanism. Again, I don't trust it 100%; although the mount is stable, it truly depends on what you have it mounted to as a weakest link, and as such I always carry my camera with a strap or other retention mechanism while Capture is engaged (really, I use Capture to prevent the camera from dangling when I'm moving around).

Whether this will be useful for you is up to the user. For me, I was extremely disappointed in how crappy the mechanism could be in side entry. If the latch was made out of a soft metal and toleranced to higher standards, perhaps this wouldn't be an issue.
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Good way to wear camera for easy access
by Birgit Heimann (4 out of 5 stars)
June 16, 2017

This is a great way to carry a camera around without it bouncing or being jostled all the time. I keep it on my backpack strap since I don't tend to wear a belt. On the backpack strap, it is most comfortable to carry the camera this way when I also clip the chest strap, pulling the camera away from my arm a bit. It can be a little tricky to get this tight enough that it doesn't slip down the strap, but it certainly is stable and holds my digital SLR securely in place. I have sometimes accidentally turned the lock without noticing, and then struggled to get the camera onto or off of the clip - easy enough to remedy, but you have to notice the reason first. It's not the most comfortable way to wear a camera, since the weight does angle the clip a bit and pull on just one backpack strap rather than being a more centered pull on the body, but far better than having the camera dangle from its strap around my neck!
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Good Concept, Disappointing Quality
by Collin (3 out of 5 stars)
November 28, 2016

I think this is the best concept for quick, secure camera access but I am severely disappointed by the quality of the execution by Peak Design.

Clip Use Case: Backpacking, hiking, urban photography

Camera: Fujifilm XT-1

Approximate Use Days: 35

I've used this clip heavily for a lot of hiking and urban city exploring. I love having the camera securely held (as opposed to swinging on a strap) and the quick access is awesome. When hiking I used this in combination with the PD quick release wrist strap for security while the camera is not clipped in. It's a great combination and I really couldn't ask for more on the usability front.

I wasn't expecting to use this clip for it but I've found that when exploring new cities, this clip is perfect. No fears of the camera being swiped off a strap and much less concerns about banging it into people while in crowds. I absolutely LOVE this arrangement for urban exploration/photography.

So, why only 3 stars?

I bought this product after reading Peak Designs' articles touting their high quality workmanship and materials. I even read their comments on the knock off clips sold here on Amazon for much less money. All of this lead me to believe that I would be receiving a superior product to the private label junk that ends up on Amazon.

NOT SO.

Overall, I don't feel that this product represent a high level of quality as advertised and I find the price hard to justify because of this. I've detailed my major observations on this below:
-The main unit is made of cast aluminum with some final machining. It's coated in a black coating before machining so you get that "cool" machining surface look. Looking at the machined surface, there are noticeable steps between the machining passes. This doesn't affect function but also doesn't represent the quality I was led to expect.
-The exposed aluminum surface started to corrode after just a few days of use
-The backplate is molded plastic with two threaded inserts for the screws. After one day of use while hiking, these inserts have rusted. This makes screwing in the screws harder and, again, does not represent the quality I was led to expect. Upgrading to brass or stainless steel would have been cheap and solved this problem.
-The screws are made by bonding the knob onto a piece of threaded rod. For both of my screws, the knob was not installed square to the threads.
-The mounting plate is a cast and coated piece of metal. The fact that it's a $20 replacement piece is a joke. The bigger joke, though, is that it's not even symmetric. If you don't install it back in the same orientation as you took it off, you will need to adjust the clip to prevent binding or excessive movement.
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Great product but quality could be better. Please include the long screws with it by default (an alm
by Corentin L. (3 out of 5 stars)
July 16, 2017

Works really well and overall decent quality but nothing outstanding. I feel like the build quality could have been better, the camera insert tolerances are a bit too wide and the camera is a wobbly when inserted. You can tighten the black screw to hold it in place but then the entire thing becomes hard to pull-out as the stopper/tightener comes in the way of the insert (not smooth insert). I'm sure they could have worked out they tolerances better during production to avoid this problem. Disappointing for a product that advertise its quality.

Other big complain is it only comes with the short screws which are almost completely useless if you're going to use them on a modern backpack. I bought this for a hiking trip and have a modern backpacking pack with thick comfortable straps and it just won't fit. You can of course buy long screws for 10 bucks but for 2 screws that cost 50cents to make, it feels like a rip-off and could have been included by default in the standard package.

Great product overall and I love it just for how convenient it makes it when hiking. It has left me with a bad aftertaste given the price point and expectations. Might try the cheaper knock-off next time.
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Solid product and find myself taking my camera more places.
by Hanks Clothing (5 out of 5 stars)
June 28, 2015

Absolutely a fantastic item. I thought the price might be a bit high but after receiving it I changed my mind. It is solid and well built. After all it could be holding a few thousand dollars of camera and lens and you wouldn't want a failure of this device. This is solid metal (aluminum I believe) and will take a beating. I find I take my 35mm camera with me more and shooting more pictures because I don't have the camera swinging from my neck. The camera connects and disconnects quickly and because I mount it lens pointing down in most cases I can leave the lens cap off and can unhook and have the camera up to snap a shot in about 1 second.

So far I used it on my belt the most but I did use it one day on the strap of my ONA camera bag and it worked perfectly there also.

If you are sick of the camera swinging in the wind from around your neck get this. There is a pro version and the only difference I can see is it has a threaded hole on it to use directly on a tripod. It's $20 more and I do think that is a bit much just for the added threaded hole. But if you regularly use a tripod it would be the way to go.
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A good solution for a specific need.
by John Becker (4 out of 5 stars)
November 2, 2015

I've been a proponent of another belt-mounted camera holder (Spider Holster) for several years now, but my particular needs for an upcoming trip made it kind of a clunky solution. I needed something that would mount on the belt of a waist pack I was already using, and I needed to accommodate a tripod quick release plate. The other camera holder had a product would have worked, but it would have involved mounting their hardware on the bottom of the camera, and then fitting a QR plate on the bottom of *that*. Not ideal.

The Peak Design Capture solved that, by making the hardware on the bottom of the camera double as an Arca-compatible QR plate. It fits perfectly on the tripod I'll be using on my trip (a MeFoto Road Trip). And it makes for a much smaller mass of stuff stuck on the bottom of my camera.

It's easy enough to get started. The belt-mounted part of the clip comes in two halves. You put the blank half behind the belt and the half with the slot and buttons on the outside of the belt, and tighten the thumb screws to clamp the halves onto the belt. Once everything is in position and tightened, nothing's going anywhere - it's very secure. The small non-metal QR plate that mounts on the bottom of the camera seems solid enough to hold up under heavy use. The screw in the QR plate has a slot to allow tightening with a coin, but the supplied Allen wrench is the tool to use if you really want to lock it down.

The plate locks very positively into the clip. You'll feel a good "click" when you have it inserted completely. The lock release (the red "button" you see in the pictures) takes a bit of getting used to . You have to press the red button to unlock and release the camera. I have the clip mounted on the belt on my right side, so I'm using my right hand to grab the camera and my right little finger press the red button. At first, I had the clip mounted perpendicular to my belt, and the QR plate squared up on the bottom of the camera. This made it impossible to reach the red button with my pinky, which appears to be the way to grab and release the camera in one motion. I ended up re-positioning the clip so that the top is slightly forward in relation to the bottom (rotated a bit clockwise, if you're viewing from the side), and I rotated the plate on the bottom of the camera slightly. This made it easier to reach the red button, while still allowing the camera to hang with the lens pointed straight down. None of this is a big deal, it's just a quirk in the design that's simple enough to deal with.

It's not perfect. Because it has to be capable of fitting on a wide range of belts, the clip might seem comically big if you're going to mount it on a smaller belt. And because it mounts across the belt, the camera inserts into the clip from the side, not the top. It will take a bit of use to develop an instinctual knowledge of just where to aim the camera and at what angle to hold the camera, to get it to slide into the clip. And it will take some practice to make "grab camera/press release button/remove camera" a quick, natural motion.

Everything appears to be well made. There are no burrs or other manufacturing flaws to be seen, and the plate slides in and out of the clip smoothly. While all of this hardware is good and solid, it's light enough in weight that you won't even notice it's there.

To be honest, the fact that this system is designed around an Arca-compatible mounting plate is the biggest reason to choose this product. If I didn't need to accommodate a QR plate, I would have gone with the Spider Holster solution. It's much heavier-duty. And its "top entry" holster design means that most of the time, there's no need to lock the camera into the holster - gravity will keep it in place. And because it's a simple pin going into a slot, it's much easier to get in and out, and the camera can swivel around to hang naturally. It's a great design, but it's not great to use with a QR plate. For the specific set of criteria I was looking at, I don't think I could have done better than the Peak Design Capture.
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Just what I was looking for, great function
by M. higbee (5 out of 5 stars)
December 1, 2017

I bought this because it keeps the camera handy and works with my tripod. I was using a different system to attach my camera to my backpack, but it was bulky and required changing the base to go to a tripod. This is smaller and lighter and goes dirrectly into most tripods. I am shooting an Olympus EPL7 mirrorless camera and mirrorless cameras use more battery. My tripod mounting plate used to interfere with the door to the battery. The Capture base does not interfere. My first trip with this was to the Grand Canyon including a hike to Platue Point and it worked great, kept the camera handy when I wanted it and out of the way, tight and secure when I didn't want it. Even when riding bikes it was out of the way. I did add a leash to mine in case I fumble the camera when taking pictures.

Be aware that this is the version 2. They just ended a kickstarter for version 3. Version 3 is smaller, lighter but may not do well when trying to attach to wide straps. I just got my version 3 in the mail today and can verify that base plates are different, but interchangeable. The new base plate screw hole is slotted also for mounting control. I plan on upgrading to two cameras so I will use them both, one camera on my pack and one on my belt.
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Would of... could of... and spend more money for what?
by Resz (2 out of 5 stars)
August 28, 2016

Why two stars, for this $60.00 well made, well designed clip that does a good job. Turns out it needs the extra long clamping bolts on my new, very standard Gregory backpack. These $10.00 bolts should have come with the clip at the rather significant price of this product. Of course the clip is useless without these additional bolts, and I don't have the time to find these at the local hardware or on line, at what would be a lot less money for a rather standard item. This is what sinks small start up companies like this, being greedy and charging a lot of money for something that should have been included. Just frustrating that I was ready to go, and could not since the clip would not fit a standard backpacking shoulder strap.

EDIT:

Next issue, this should work seamlessly with the Clutch hand strap, as indicated by Peak Design. Not so fast here. The design of this strap interferes with the clip securing the camera to it. You must be careful to move the strap away from the back of the camera when inserting it into the clip. The bottom plastic part of the strap naturally falls backward toward the clip when you attach the camera. When that happens the strap prevents the two pieces (clip and camera mount for clip) coming together for a lock. When you add up the cost for both pieces at over $100.00 I take issue with these flaws.
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Works well for moderate sized cameras and lens setups
by Weekly Whiskers (4 out of 5 stars)
April 14, 2019

I really like having my hands free while I'm hiking with my cat. I love that I can quickly release the camera from the clip to snap those candid moments while we're on the trail rather than having to retrieve and return it constantly from a backpack. The Peak Design Capture clip works pretty darn well so long as your bag straps aren't too thick. The other sticky issue I've encountered that it's more ideal for the smaller/lighter lens with a big DSLR body, but not as sturdy with the heavier or longer lenses. I always keep the camera neck strap wrapped around my neck for fear of the gear falling out of the clip. On several occasions that has disappointingly has happened and would've ended disastrously had I not the foresight to be extra paranoid about my gear. If you're ok with securing a neck strap while it's locked in to the clip, it's a great little setup. However do keep in mind the heavier your setup or thicker your straps, the clip will fail to secure your gear.
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Great camera clip solution if you need flexibility in positioning of your camera's mount point.
by Wing Wong (4 out of 5 stars)
January 18, 2016

This is an interesting design for a versatile camera clip. I'm primarily using the Cotton Carrier system, camera-specific L plate, as well as the arca plate tripod mounts. So my review is from that perspective.

On a recent trip, I had been using Cotton Carrier's Strap Shot to good effect. It's convenient, light weight, and compact. However, it requires that it have an anchor point further up the strap it's connected to, to hang from. For a backpack or other strap that doesn't have something like this, it limits which packs I can use the Strap Shot with.

With that in mind, I ordered the Capture Camera Clip from Peak Design. (Yes, there are cheaper knock offs of their quality product, but I strongly prefer to stick with the original brand, especially since they are the ones who continue to innovate and provide support to their customers.)

What I like about the Capture Camera Clip:

The fact that it is a pressure plate placement system means that I can attach it to a shoulder strap at any point. The connection is VERY solid and does not shift, if appropriately attached. Took me a couple of tries to get the hang of it. However, once it's on right, I feel very confident that it will not shift or slip. +1 there.

The square shaped arca plate attaches securely and slides into place. Once in place, there is _some_ play, but can be made completely solid by turning the pressure knob. Another +1.

There were some aspects of the Capture that I didn't like, however:

Unless the camera you have on the clip is paired with a lens long enough to rest against your body, the camera will have a tendency to tilt forward, like sag. That's because the clip is ... well, it's a clip, it is stabilized against side-ways rotational movement, but not against forward/reverse pitching, unless the camera's lens is serving as a "third leg" to prevent that motion. -1.

As noted, above, the clip extends wider than the strap it is being attached to, because of the clip relies on the pressure screws. So the clip is not nearly as compact as other offerings out there, like the Strap Shot. Whether this is an issue for you or not depends on your own preferences and specific use case. For me, this is kind of a negative, since the plate is made from hard plastic and aluminum, the edge that extends beyond the strap stands a chance of digging into me if the camera on it gets shoved/wrenched. -1.

The included square arca plate looks pretty good and mounts on the arca plate clamps on my tripod. However, I have the same predicament with this plate system as I do with the cotton carrier's connector. It juts out and isn't flush with the body of the camera. the body conforming L plates don't fit into the Peak Camera Clip. *frustrated sigh* I guess I can't really have it both ways. Or if I do, it will require some kind of customization.

One feature which is both a pro and con: The requirement to push a button to release the camera from the capture clip. This renders the clip a 2 hand operation to release the camera from the clip. With the Cotton Carrier system, all operations are one handed. But one issue with the Cotton Carrier's disc swivel system is that if your camera tends to swing to one side, it can accidentally slid out. So... pros and cons there. Depends on your situation.

If you need a strong, reliable, and non-swinging camera clip system that you can clip onto virtually any normal strap, Peak Design's Capture Clip (And their Capture Pro) is a great choice. Though, if you prefer single hand operation and a more compact strap conforming solution, the Cotton Carrier Strap Shot is a good choice.

I've been watching Peak Design for a while now, and they continue to innovate, which is just great. But to do that, they need paying customers. :) So please support them by buying their products. (Knock offs are cheaper, but they rarely if ever innovate.)

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