By:
On:
In: Camera Review Blogs
With: 4 Comments

Thinking back to what could have been, I remember when I first got into film photography, photography in general and happened across Minolta. The SR-T 102, Hi-Matic 7s, even the X-7a, but I wanted to make the jump to autofocus. I was in a local bargain shop and happened across an open box, the Maxxum 7. It didn’t come with a lens and was well outside my price range. And now that I know more about that shop, it was probably hot also. I ended up switching to Nikon. But here it is now, the Minolta Maxxum 7, what many online sites describe as theRead More →

By:
On:
In: Film Review Blogs
With: 0 Comments

When I originally wrote this review back in 2019, Ilford had not yet done a major brand refresh of Kentmere 400 or made any tweaks to the formula. Since then, I’ve shot a lot more of the film and decided that in my original review, I did Kentmere 400 a disservice. As of today (2026), I have found it to be a rather good film in the right conditions and with the right developers. So I made a point of reshooting the entire review, all in 35mm again, to refresh and show off that Kentmere 400 isn’t as bad a film as I first thought.Read More →