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<blockquote data-quote="Spiney" data-source="post: 387583" data-attributes="member: 19561">Hi, I have a Nikon D7000.&nbsp; I have the kit zoom 18-140 variable f, a 35 1.8 G, and a 50mm 1.8 G.&nbsp; Some informal family portraits I took outside seemed soft, but I mistakenly shot them at 3.5 I believe.&nbsp; So tonight I did some test shots in house of my wife using WL Ultra strobes at 1/160th F=8 on manual.&nbsp; Even at F8 they weren't tack sharp, so I shot the kit lens at 35mm F8 and it was tack sharp, especially around her eyes.&nbsp; I then shot the 50mm at F8 and as expected it was sharp.So I thought, maybe the 35mm isn't stopping down.&nbsp; But a quick test at 1.8-f11 showed it definitely is.&nbsp; The glass is very clean, as is the body.&nbsp; I did, unfortunately buy it used, so no warranty.Any ideas why 1 lens would be softer than the others, even at F8 where just about anything should be sharp?&nbsp; Are there any in camera fixes I can do for this?&nbsp; Thanks, Daver</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Spiney, post: 387583, member: 19561"] Hi, I have a Nikon D7000. I have the kit zoom 18-140 variable f, a 35 1.8 G, and a 50mm 1.8 G. Some informal family portraits I took outside seemed soft, but I mistakenly shot them at 3.5 I believe. So tonight I did some test shots in house of my wife using WL Ultra strobes at 1/160th F=8 on manual. Even at F8 they weren't tack sharp, so I shot the kit lens at 35mm F8 and it was tack sharp, especially around her eyes. I then shot the 50mm at F8 and as expected it was sharp. So I thought, maybe the 35mm isn't stopping down. But a quick test at 1.8-f11 showed it definitely is. The glass is very clean, as is the body. I did, unfortunately buy it used, so no warranty. Any ideas why 1 lens would be softer than the others, even at F8 where just about anything should be sharp? Are there any in camera fixes I can do for this? Thanks, Daver [/QUOTE]

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