I have what is called in the UK a Canon EOS 550D or the Rebel T2i in the USA. I love the thing and indeed have made many mistakes, which I fully admit! I recently bought an Opteka High Definition 10X macro lens 58mm. This screws on my spare 18-55mm Canon lens, that you get with the camera. At first I could not get the camera to do anything as it would not focus at all on Automatic focus, and not very well on manual. As I bought this so called platinum lens cheap from Amazon, I was thinking, oh well it does not work. So I E-mailed Opteka and they were most helpful; probably after laughing their heads off.
They explained that although the Rebel T2i is basically entry level, it can do a lot. So they advised me to take the camera setting off "Close Up" and put it on Auto or Automatic exposure. This I did and keep the setting above 35 mm when you focus. Now it works, perfectly.
What an idiot I am, i should have read the instructions. However in my defence they were in Japanese.
However I have many photos on ATP, and many were done with the standard 18-55mm on close up, and were successful. I have other Canon lenses of course.
Don't laugh too much.
Regards.
Neil.
Done with the standard 18-55mm on close up!
Done with a wet lens, standard though!
The lens that came in the box.
