Camera mount

A mount comprising:

• a plate having a tail;
• a base having a socket, said socket defined by a floor a dropping gate and a clamp wall, said dropping gate having a first wall and a second wall, said dropping gate second wall extending above said floor to a dropping gate inner edge, said dropping gate first wall and dropping gate second wall meeting at said dropping gate inner edge, said dropping gate second wall defining a portion of said socket, said dropping gate second wall meeting said floor at a dropping gate lower edge, said clamp wall extending above said floor to a clamp wall inner edge, said clamp wall meeting said floor at a clamp wall lower edge, said dropping gate is movable between an extended position and a recessed position, said recessed position defined as said dropping gate nested within a compartment formed in said base wherein said dropping gate first wall is recessed at least to said floor, said tail forming a dovetailed-fit in said socket, said clamp wall biases between a clamped position and an unclamped position;
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• a clamp apparatus is defined by a clamp body and a shaft, said clamp wall defines a face of said clamp body, a ring is carried by said clamp body, said shaft is housed within a clamp bore formed in said base, said shaft includes a wedge cutout formed in an outer surface of said shaft, said ring makes camming contact with said wedge, thereby axial movement of said shaft biases said clamp wall between said clamped and said unclamped position.