Bloom of the Day Photos: February 12th, 2011: Passion Flower 'Sherry' (Passiflora ) by atisch, 1 by Kell

Kell wrote:
It could be my camera, or could be me! LOL. All of sudden I could not auto focus with my kit lens.. it just made the worst sound. I have recently heard from a friend that Canon may fix it for it is/was a common problem. I have to check with them. I did get good pics with my cheap kit lens before it died. Much better than now with a more expensive one. I am getting better pics with my new lens now but still not ones worth $1000. I may see if I can return this one and take another home.

I should check your pics and see how they are with your new Tamron lens. Did you get the one with the new PZD, Piezo Drive (PZD) technology? It came out in December. It sounded so good on paper and had such a wide range. I wish I could have gotten a decent shot with it.

I do get great macros with my little Canon S90. But I had tiny, tiny seeds in my pocket and stuck my camera in and now it has some issues. LOL. I go thru cameras quite quickly! But it still takes great macros, so much better than my T2i. Example