This old lens has served me well. I bought it on my 18th birthday, along with my EOS 3. The poor little thing just can't hold focus any longer. Hard to let the thing go but the repair man says it can't be salvaged. 12 years isn't bad for a lens. Time to get the 100mm and say farewell to over a decade of use. This photo was taken with the addition of an extension tube, that luckily doesn't need replacing.