Tsarin kyamara shine tsayawa mai ƙafafu uku ko goyan baya da aka ƙera don riƙe kamara a tsaye da matakin. Yawanci an yi shi da abubuwa masu nauyi kamar aluminum ko fiber carbon, kuma yana iya samun ƙafafu masu daidaitacce don ɗaukar filaye marasa daidaituwa. saman tripod yana da dandamali ko farantin hawa inda za'a iya haɗa kyamarar amintacce, kuma za'a iya samun ginshiƙi na tsakiya wanda za'a iya tsawaita ko ja da baya don daidaita tsayin kyamara. Masu daukar hoto da masu daukar hoto suna amfani da tripod na kamara don daidaita kyamarorinsu da kuma guje wa faifan bidiyo mai girgiza ko hotuna masu duhu.