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**RobA_Oz** · 12-18-2020, 03:59 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by bhalavik

Thanks for the warm welcome. I am definitely not averse to scanning negatives and many times do not even get prints. In some ways, shooting film is my way of creating high quality digital images. Attaching a recent shot of a flowering cactus taken with my SMC Pentax Macro 100mm f4, Kodak Portra 400.

Nice image. Thanks for the quick response. I have the M42 version of that lens, which is still good, but doesn’t get much use since I bought the 100/2.8WR (although that won’t work on my old film bodies – no aperture ring, even though it does have a DoF scale!).

Breakfastographer · 12-26-2020, 05:32 PM - **1 Like**

Welcome to the forum, Byron. Nice flower shot, too!

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12-18-2020, 03:59 PM - 1 Like	#16
RobA_Oz Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Tasmania, Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,200	Originally posted by bhalavik Thanks for the warm welcome. I am definitely not averse to scanning negatives and many times do not even get prints. In some ways, shooting film is my way of creating high quality digital images. Attaching a recent shot of a flowering cactus taken with my SMC Pentax Macro 100mm f4, Kodak Portra 400. Nice image. Thanks for the quick response. I have the M42 version of that lens, which is still good, but doesn’t get much use since I bought the 100/2.8WR (although that won’t work on my old film bodies – no aperture ring, even though it does have a DoF scale!).

12-26-2020, 05:32 PM - 1 Like	#17
Breakfastographer Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2018 Posts: 673	Welcome to the forum, Byron. Nice flower shot, too!