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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rexer John" data-source="post: 119000" data-attributes="member: 12691">The photo on post 11 looks soft focused. Is your lens clean, no marks from greasy fingers etc.Also try taking a  few pics with live view, and then a few through the viewfinder with spot focusing, be sure to select the central focus point for this test. Then compare the two sets of images for focus sharpness.The two focusing methods (viewfinder and live view) use different focus systems.Live view will be right but viewfinder focus can be out, I spent about an hour fine setting mine yesterday. Not easy because each lens is slightly different and the D5100 only has a mechanical adjuster instead of a software adjuster.Don't try to adjust it, just do the test to see if it is out.</blockquote>