Part of the larger InVision range of noise-reducing microphone shock-mounts, Rycote's InVision Video Hot Shoe (9.5 Lyre) is a shock-mount and suspension system for high-quality external camcorder miniature shotgun microphones, up tp 10mm diameter, and enables camcorder users and videographers to get the best possible sound for their productions using external camera-mounted microphones.
A lightweight, durable clamp holds the microphone in place, and is itself suspended in two of Rycote's W-shaped Lyre mounts, which provide substantially better isolation from camera motor and drive noise and vibrations than traditional on-camera microphone mounts. The Lyres are attached to a mounting bar which may be slotted into the hot shoe mount on top of your camera or screwed into the quarter-inch thread available on some camcorders by means of separately available adaptors.