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Pamela Mertz
Gates Underwater Products, Inc
5111 Santa Fe Street Suite H
San Diego, CA 92109 USA
Phone: +1.858.272.2501
Gates.Sales@GatesHousings.com
www.GatesHousings.com
Gates announces DEEP RED
In collaboration with Howard Hall, Gates
‘bulletproof’ housings extend to 4K digital cinema imaging.
San Diego, CA – September 28th,
2007 – Gates Underwater Products, the global leader in reliable
underwater housings, formally announces DEEP RED, an underwater housing
for the Red One camera. DEEP RED represents a watershed in underwater
imaging, providing the means to capture 4K resolution (or 4 x HD resolution)
motion imaging, suitable for digital cinema.
DEEP RED will be classically Gates: reliable
fingertip mechanical controls, durable ‘bulletproof’ machined
aluminum, depth rating to 300 feet / 92 meters, and 2-year renewable
warranty.
DEEP RED will be also developed with
the collaborative support of Howard Hall, a 30 year veteran of underwater
imaging successes in TV, feature film and IMAX productions.
“Development of the RED camera
is a landmark in motion picture capture, as different from video as
video is from film and better than both.” remarks Mr. Hall.
“The Gates DEEP RED housing will be a “no-compromise”
solution to taking this technology underwater. Working with Gates
I plan to create a housing that incorporates all of the control and
practicality I have always required for professional underwater motion
picture cinematography.”
Gates expertise in precision optics and
ongoing partnership with Fathom Imaging will produce the clearest,
sharpest undersea images from DEEP RED – an absolute requisite
with 4K, a format with 4 times greater resolution than HD, and 24
times more than SD.
For further information on this and other
Gates products, contact Gates directly or visit our website www.GatesHousings.com.
About Howard Hall: Howard Hall is a natural
history film maker specializing in marine wildlife films. Working
with his wife Michele, they have produced numerous films for television
including three episodes of the PBS series Nature and a National Geographic
Special. Howard has also directed several IMAX films including Into
the Deep, Island of the Sharks, and Deep Sea 3D. Howard is currently
directing a new IMAX 3D film due for release in spring 2009.
About Gates: For over 38 years Gates
Underwater Products has produced the world’s most reliable underwater
housings. Using ‘bulletproof” machined aluminum, 100%
mechanical controls, time-proven design methods, and state of the
art manufacturing, Gates housings are built to satisfy the most demanding
recreational divers, imaging professionals, marine researchers, salvage
operators and military personnel.
