Frame and insert for mounting mobile device to a tripod

An apparatus for interchangeably mounting a mobile device and a camera on a tripod, the apparatus comprising:

• (a) a frame with a rigid peripheral member having an inner surface defining an opening therethrough, the peripheral member including a mount configured to releasably couple the frame to the tripod;
• (b) at least one threaded hole formed in the inner surface of the peripheral member and configured to releasably couple the camera to the frame such that the camera is positioned in the opening;
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• (c) an insert configured to releasably couple the mobile device to the frame when the camera is not positioned in the opening, the insert being sized and shaped to be placed into the opening of the frame and releasably engage at least a portion of the peripheral member in an assembled configuration, the insert having a membrane in the form of a cavity configured to releasably receive and support the mobile device, the membrane extending over at least a portion of the opening of the frame in the assembled configuration and including at least one camera hole extending therethrough that is aligned with a camera lens of the mobile device when the mobile device is mounted in the cavity.