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What’s in your bag? VII photographers show us their gear
6 min readFeb 9, 2018
We asked to have a look inside some of VII photographers’ gear bags. From digital and analog setups, to a flashlight, fountain pen and even a bulletproof vest, here’s a closer look at what we found.
Daniel Schwartz

- 2 Hasselblad Bodies 500 C/M, each with Carl Zeiss Planar 2.8 / f 80 mm and Prism View Finder
- Film Magazines A12
- Contax RTS, with Carl Zeiss Planar 1.4 / 50 mm
- Lunalight Gossen Exposure Meter
- Kodak Lens Cleaning Paper and Lens Cleaner (both extinct)
- Labels to protect exposed films (still useful for security check analog photography crash courses)
- Kodak 400 TX120 and 125PX (extinct)
- Kodax 400 TX
- Chemically resistant triple lab tags (for notebook and film processing)
- Notebooks
- Caran d’Ache Fountain Pen and Pencil
- Fenix Flashlight
- Leatherman (despite Swiss made Victorinox Multitool being a seductive alternative)