Gates Underwater Products Blog

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...

PRO ACTION – RAPTOR Upgrade

Pro Action - RAPTOR Upgrade Here we go again. Protecting your ROI. Pro Action --> Pro Action-RAPTOR compatible with DSMC3 and previous RED DSMC and DSMC2 cameras. Your success is our success. Benefits: The PA-R upgrade preserves your investment. No need to purchase a new housing. Once upgraded, PA-R remains a

DEEP RAPTOR Upgrade

DEEP RAPTOR Upgrade Once again, Gates is protecting your ROI. This is the third upgrade path from the original DEEP EPIC housing to DEEP DRAGON to DEEP WEAPON and now to DEEP RAPTOR (DR). Once upgraded DR is compatible with previous RED cameras. Your success is our success. Benefits: The DR upgrade

Gates Deep Komodo Housing

Gates Deep Komodo: Sea Trials

Gates Deep Komodo Underwater Housing Reflecting after the first sea trials of the Gates Deep Komodo Underwater Housing. The dive boat 'Asante' speeds across the San Pedro Channel towards Catalina Island. Onboard, 8 divers that come from all walks of life. Some professional underwater cinematographers, a lead engineer from RED Digital Cinema, the President

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 RPT7 External Monitor

RPT7 is the latest addition to the family of External Monitors for the RED family of LCD's. Classic features include: Neutral to slightly positive buoyancy. No 'turtling' of your rig due to top heavy monitors. Gates original 'pass through' cable design. No additional connectors between LCD and camera for utmost reliability. Low profile mount keep

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 POV CAM Housing

Gates Underwater Products announces POV CAM Underwater Housing Remote, Point Of View 4K Imaging for a wide variety of applications. Gates Underwater Products – manufacturer of the world’s most reliable underwater housings – today announces the POV CAM Underwater Housing system. Consisting of two unique housings –UMR20 Recorder and UCK20 Camera Head -- the POV

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