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What’s in your bag? VII photographers show us their gear

The VII Foundation
6 min readFeb 9, 2018

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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)

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