In your bag 369, Marco Venturini-Autieri
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Hello Bellamy,

I read often your blog, I even left a couple of comments in the past. I would like to humbly propose my submission for “In your bag”. I apologise because the shot came out a little blurred, hence the small size I am sending.

Tomorrow I begin my short journey towards Italy. I prefer the train so I will do Durham (England)->London->Paris->Milan->Brivio (Lombardy). I am heading there for a job interview, so I need at least one elegant leather briefcase. I also need my Ferrino mountain backpack. and of course I need a camera and a bag for it, but overall I wish to travel lightly. Would you imagine that a medium format camera, equipped with tripod and separate light meter, would fit in one “small shoulder bag”, as National Geographic used to call it? With the exception of a few extra rolls, wrapped separately in a Domke filmguard because of the X-RAYS at the Eurostar check-in, in this small bag I have all I need for high-quality shanpshots.

What you can see in the photo is: a Bronica SQ-A with Zenzanon PS 80mm f/2.8, vertical viewfinder, strap and 120-film back; a Manfrotto table tripod, a Minolta light spot meter, my Nokia phone, a wonderful Fabriano notebook (great paper, much better than Moleskine), a micro pencil, some film, a short shutter-release cable.

When I don’t travel, which is most of the times, for short walkarounds I alternate this with my other three cameras (one is digital). When I travel instead I like to go light. Last time I went to Italy, for instance, I brought with me only the Nikkor 50/1.2 on the Nikon FM2n. As you may guess, I am a fan of “normal” lenses.

I am not a professional photographer, but I do make a little money with microstock. In fact, I believe I am a rarity in this sense because microstock usually calls for quantity rather than quantity and thus for low production costs: I am still doing most of my microstock shots with film, though.

I have a personal blog: http://shade-of-light.com

Kind regards,
Marco
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Dr Marco Venturini-Autieri (Dott. Ing., Ph.D., MInstP)

http://shade-of-light.com

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Thanks for sharing your bag with us Marco. It is great to see a Bronica being put to good use.
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