Gates F55 Housing
Digital Cinema for the Professional Underwater Cameraman
Gates Underwater Products announces new F55 Housing.
The F55 Housing is a marquis member of the Gates family of housing for digital cinema and broadcast TV. Designed specifically for the Sony F5
and F55 cameras, the F55 shares many functional features with its cinema brothers including full camera and lens control, support for a wide variety of DSLR and PL mount lenses, fully adjustable buoyancy/trim, and Gates Precision Ports for no compromises image quality.
The F55 housing is a Gates through and through: Precision machined aluminum shell, stainless steel hardware, reliable fingertip mechanical controls.
Compatible models: Sony F5 and F55 CineAlta.
* Controls (All Mechanical)
* Manual 3 Axis Lens Control: Focus / Zoom / Iris
* Power * Record/Standby
* Assign 1 / 2 * ND Filter
* File * Au/Tc * View
* Menu * Menu Dial / Select * Menu Cancel
* Soft Keys x 6 (perimeter of LCD)
* Dimensions
* Basic Shell (transport size)
(SP80 port, PR126. No AXS-R5 Recorder)
* 18.4″L x 10.4″ H x 11.3″ W
* 47 cm x 26 cm x 29 cm
* Fully Assembled
(+EM50 monitor, handles)
* 18.4″ L x 16.9″ H x 15.2″ W
* 47 cm x 42.3 cm x 39 cm
* Construction
* Machined Aluminum, Type III ‘Hard’ Anodize finish. Stainless steel hardware.
* Weight in Air
* TBD
* Weight in Water
* Fully adjustable buoyancy / trim
* Depth Rating
* 450 feet / 137 meters
* Batteries
* Sony BP-FL75 & other V-Lock batteries
* Warranty
* 2 Years Renewable
