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# Black & White Film
- URL: https://www.maxsidman.com/black-white-film/
- Published: 2017-03-16T06:07:19.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-02T04:55:44.000Z
- Description: The launch of a black & white film gallery, shot on a 1970s Minolta XE-7 with Kodak T-Max 400 across Los Angeles, Big Sur, Monterey, and Oakland.
- Author: Max Sidman
- Tags: #Migrated-1749789291678, #sqs, #Import 2025-06-12 21:34

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/39/92391a3d-462d-47a6-b22a-3bcd39fe6d13/content/images/2025/06/image-asset-jpeg-6.jpg)

Several months ago, I dusted off and got back to shooting with a mid 1970s [Minolta XE-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minolta%5FXE?ref=maxsidman.com), loaded with Kodak T-Max 400 black and white film, through a 50mm lens. I think the recipe works well, I've always liked the results. I'm a sucker for this camera — I've had one since I was 19, and I've currently got three bodies (including the first one bought used in '91), two of which are in good working order, and a handful of lenses, though I rarely use any but the standard Minolta Rokkor 50mm.

Anyway, I set up a new [gallery](https://www.maxsidman.com/galleries) for black & white film photos, and I'll post the best results of my b&w film adventures there.

The photographs in the set I'm starting with were made in Los Angeles, Big Sur, Monterey/Carmel, and Oakland, CA, shot between early December 2016 and early March 2017\. The rolls of film that these photos came from were developed and scanned to digital by [Photoworks SF](https://www.photoworkssf.com/?ref=maxsidman.com), and have been posted here without any editing or touching up.