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Underwater with Canon 15.5-47 Cinema Zoom

Gates Recommended Lenses for Flat and Dome Ports includes one of our favorites: Canon 15.5-47 Cinema Zoom. Why? Several reasons: Close focus. At under 11" (from front of lens), the 15.5-47 will work with Gates 8 in / 203mm and 10 in / 254mm glass dome ports. Par focal. This...

DEEP RAPTOR Upgrade

DEEP RAPTOR Underwater housing for RED DSMC3 RAPTOR camera. Another upgrade path from Gates, protecting your ROI.

Gates Deep Komodo Housing

Gates Deep Komodo: Sea Trials

The Gates Deep Komodo Housing is a cinema seeking torpedo. Built for the RED Komodo Camera. Compact, lightweight, yet fully featured.

DEEP KOMODO

Everyone: So John: is Gates doing anything with KOMODO? Me: Well, given Gates / RED history reaching all the way back to RED ONE, what do you think? Everyone: Oh, yeah, right. Duh. [su_spacer size="20"] Yes, DEEP KOMODO is real. It’s everything you expect from Gates: simple, bulletproof, reliable. DK is also many things...

GATES MLA60 Macro Probe Adapter

Released for sale today is the new GATES MLA60 Probe Lens adapter kit. Designed to adapt the Laowa 24mm Macro Probe lens for underwater, it provides a unique 'Goby Eye' macro imaging underwater. MLA60 Full Product Details

GATES AX700 / Z90 Housing Review

Gates AX700 / Z90 Housing and the Philippine Islands Report on the AX700 / Z90 Housing System (Updated 6-19-2018) by Karen and John Ellerbrock Locations: Puerto Galera and Dumaguete, Philippines. Accommodations / Dive Operation: Atlantis Dive Resorts Over the course of two weeks in April 2018, Karen and I had the opportunity to dive the...

Gates Announces ALEXA LF Housing

Gates ALEXA housing – a ‘bulletproof’ digital cinema workhorse – now extends compatibility to the ARRI ALEXA LF (Large Format) camera. Gates Underwater Products – home of the worlds more reliable underwater housings – today confirms support for the ALEXA LF camera in the popular ALEXA Housing. Gates ALEXA housing accepts many current and legacy...

TECH NOTES: Pro Action

TECH NOTES: Pro Action + Starlite HD5 = A Perfect Match The Pro Action Housing announcement last October brought praise, excitement and – candidly - a few raised eyebrows. PA sports unconventional features and in particular the Transvideo Starlite HD5 for the built-in LCD monitor. Why? A French company, Transvideo is not a common brand...

GT14 PROMO — 25%

A big 'Thank You' to our customers that waited patiently for the GT14 Lights. They are 25% off through the end of April. $1793 USD. Contact your Gates Dealer or Pamela here at Gates directly.

Underwater Color Correction with the Sony AX100

Pete Lightowler (DUAI) has published an article that focuses on the specific behavior of the Sony AX100 underwater and techniques for in-camera color correction. Pete is a master at DaVinci Resolve (a *free* editing / grading program from Black Magic Design) which he uses to help determine the steps needed to bring out superb color...