You count on your gear not to fail, and we pride ourselves on providing products that meet and surpass that expectation. We use superior materials and hardware, and enforce high standards for quality workmanship and construction. And then we test. And test some more. Our products are used and abused all around the world. And even though our equipment gets tossed around a lot, the gear inside often remains in better shape than the photographers themselves.
Life and Death
The following is a testament to exactly how durable and rugged Lowepro bags are. It is an excerpt from a letter photographer Michael Yamashita wrote to us after shooting an assignment for Audubon Magazine in Japan's far north, Aomiri."...Needing both hands, I packed away my cameras into my Lowepro Orion AW pack and secured it to the top of my backpack. I volunteered to be first. I swung out over the falls holding onto the rope; but the branches were too slippery, the pack was too heavy, and the slope was too steep. I watched in slow-motion horror as the branches slid between my fingers and I began falling. I have no memory of my 80-foot fall. My companions recounted my slide, followed by a tumble backwards. Instead of my head smashing against rocks, my camera bag cushioned the blows. The backpack absorbed the impact on the rest of my body as I bounced down the cliff. I landed between two boulders in a shallow pool of icy-cold water. I thought I was badly hurt, and everyone watching couldn't believe I was still alive. We hiked out the next day - stitched and bruised, but miraculously without broken bones or damaged camera lenses. A miracle? Maybe. Good equipment? Yes!"
- Michael Yamashita, Photographer