Ecofriendly SLR Grip for Phone Camera

An SLR camera is well designed but is limited to right-handed individuals. A mobile phone camera is universal in its use, but then there are struggles in clicking pictures because it is too slim and the controls are too far away.

I came across such SLR grips for phone, but were out of my budget. So I made one for myself.

1. Phone earphone cable
2. Electric tape
3. Phone tripod mount
4. Acrylic sheet
5. Padding
6. Metal disk
7. Metal strip
8. Screw
9. Hexnut
10. Wingnut
11. Cutter
12. Adhesive
13. Hot-glue
14. Soldering iron

The Main game-changer is a typical earphone cable for mobile phones.

1. EARPHONES: I used my old worn out apple earphones which had the rubber breaking away, but the cables were working fine. 1pc
   • Alternately, I also planned on salvaging parts from my old selfie stick.
2. MOUNT: Typical tripod mount. 1pc
3. METAL DISK: 35mm Ø as the internal width of the mount. 2 pc
4. METAL STRIP: 100mm Long. 1pc
5. SCREW: 4mm long. 3 pc
6. NUT: 2 pc
7. WINGNUT: 1pc

This part is the most important for your shutter.

Open the mic unit and you will see 3 controls inside:

• Volume Up
• Call accept/cancel
• Volume down

Depending on your phone, the volume controls will allow zooming in/out and the middle button will click pictures.

Create the grip for the unit.

Dont make the grip too big that it shadows the phone.

Keep the dimensions around 3" high, 1.5"x1.5" wide

Cut the acrylic sheets along these sizes.

Secure the earphone controls on the top with hotglue.

On the top, create a second layer to sandwich the earphone controls. and puncture a hole on top above the buttons.

Shutter release buttons and other buttons can be made in a similar way.

Paste a layer of tape or paper on the underside between the top layer of acrylic and the earphone controls covering the holes. Cut small pieces of the eraser/rubber of the size of the holes and secure them in place with the hot glue.

Wrap the earphone cable with electric tape to strengthen it and keep it from breaking apart further.
On the side of the grip, keep a hole wide enough to allow the cable to pass and secure it together with hot glue/adhesive

Take the Metal discs and puncture holes 2mm Ø at 0°, 45°, 90°, 135°, 180°, 225°, 270°, 315°

Place them on both sides of the mount and run a screw through. Fix it on the other end with a wing nut.

This helps in rotating the camera between a portrait and a landscape frame.

On the Grip, Fix the metal strip with 2 screws and nuts and secure the other end to the wing nut.

In case of a left-handed photographer, the metal strip can be unscrewed and fixed in the other direction.

Cut the padding and paste it on the grip with the adhesive.

Plug in the earphone cable in the earphone jack and click away.