My DIY adventures

Remember Phineas and Ferb Disney series? It's a family favourite of ours, from the songs to all characters. Perry the platypus is my youngest girl favourite and gives it's name to this (also blue ;-)) undercover Platypod® clone.

Perry the pod with Cullmann Mundo head

Yes, I sacrificed a too-much-advertising-tablet-neoprene-sleeve, to provide a waterproof case for a 3mm wood (MDF) plate and a bag filled with Ikea's PYSSLA to provide a light and adaptive layer that enable a fast levelling in most surfaces. There's a 3/8" screw that goes through the wood plate to connect the head. When used with the head (I use it with my Cullmann Mundo 525M tripod head H=90mm, Diam=43mm, W=330g), the levelling capacity is great. The system is very stable even with the heavy micro 105mm VR (about 750g) attached to the D5300 (total of about 1300g = 2.866lb). The gaffer tape was just a quick way to provide a tight and clean finish to the work. The zipper from the tablet sleeve was kept in order to enable replacement or adjustment of the levelling layer and screw change, from the 3/8" tripod mount to a 1/4" camera mount if the head is to be left on the tripod it belongs to or at home.

Perry is a lightweight and very portable guy, measuring about 180x135x25mm (headless). One must cut the wood board smaller than the cover and don't fill the inner bag with too much pyssla beads or otherwise the levelling effect will be lost and the little Perry will swing instead of adapting to the surface it's laid on.

I might get him some light fabric stringed bag to carry it with a carabiner clip from my belt or the smaller camera bag (have to check if it's ok or too uncomfortable to have it swinging around).

Headless Perry. The 3/8" screw can be easily replaced by a 1/4" one