Camera handle with retractable bipod support

Handle apparatus adapted to be attached to a camera comprising:

• a handle body having a channel,
• a tube pivotably connected to said handle body for movement into and out of said channel,
• means between said handle body and tube for locking said tube in an adjusted pivoted position relative to said handle body, and
• a pair of relatively pivotable legs normally retractably housed within said tube, but slidable in telescoping relation to said tube to a use position exterior of said tube wherein they can be used as a bipod support,
• spring means connecting one end of each of said legs and biasing said legs away from each other to spread said legs as said legs are removed from said tube, and
• pin means across the bottom of said tube for limiting removal of said legs from said tube and in combination with said spring means causing each of said legs to wedge between said pin means and the bottom of said tube when said legs are fully removed thereupon.