Bob Sull wrote: | > I'd recommend getting the USM version of the 100/2.8. I owned the | > non-USM lens and within 6 months of purchase the AF motor started | > giving me problems (loud grinding noise). I had to send it to Canon 3 | > times in 3 months to get it repaired, then dumped it for the new USM | > lens. I hear this is not an uncommon problem with the old lens. Be | > careful. | | This is the first I've heard of this "problem". I have had my non-USM 100 macro | for a few years now, and while it is not in daily use I have had no problems with | it.
A look at the photo.net archives or a google search throws up a lot of references to the AF motor grinding problem. * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
