Moose Peterson, wildlife photographer on Fortress drives

What Fortress
Users are Saying:

• Vincent Versace,
Versace Photography

• Bryan Linden, Linden Photo

• MacAddict Magazine

• Moose Peterson

From: Moose Peterson
Wildlife Research Photographer

Fortress - a fortified place, to protect valuable interior with strengthened exterior.

I've always protected myself by backing up my files onto the CompactFlash cards I shoot with. But lately, I've not had enough cards for all of my images. That's why when my good friend Vincent [Versace] introduced me to the Fortress at our DLWS, I was instantly hooked. I couldn't wait to have one!

The way the Fortress was introduced to me was by Vincent acting like he was handing it to me, and then dropping it, on purpose, onto the floor. He then picked it up and dropped it again. He then offered to go outside and drop it on the sidewalk just in case I wasn't getting his point. I got the point!

Everyone doesn't shoot as many images as I do on project, nor travel through airports, take their notebooks camping or up to the Arctic in winter. Be that as it may, if you've got just one digital image that is important to you, you need to make sure it gets back safely no matter the cost.

As soon as you receive your Fortress, you can see why I love and depend on it! Being the designer of gear for photographers, I strive to create products that are thought out and solve problems. As such, I truly admire other products held to the same high standard. When you open that black box and see the silvery, shimmering hard drive in its custom cut foam holder, you know the Fortress is one well thought out product. Once you have the Fortress in hand, you'll see the thought behind its design doesn't stop there.

Even the black rubber that looks like it's mere cosmetics is a special rubber product. It's an anti-skid material so you can't accidentally knock the Fortress off a surface (as if that would hurt it). You might think it would help keep the Fortress from vibrating off a surface, but the Fortress is vibration free which not only prevents it from walking on its own, but preserves the longevity of the drive! Even the sockets on the back of the Fortress are recessed so they can't get damaged or get in the way when traveling. I mean man, this is one heck of a great, well thought out product!

I never until now, had a clean, simple, efficient, safe and productive way of safeguarding my files to tell folks. Now it's easy to explain. I connect the Fortress, I open up DigitalPro and using the Travel & Return feature, copy all of my images to the Fortress. Just that simply, I'm following Webster's definition of a Fortress: a fortified place, to protect valuable interior with strengthened exterior.

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The above is an excerpt of an article Moose Peterson wrote about the Fortress drive. To read the entire article, see http://www.moose395.net/gear/fortress.html and see Moose Peterson's website at http://www.moose395.net/index.html.