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Unknown focus problem

d300s focus 17-35 sb-800

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mvmramos

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I am facing a problem that I never had before. The focus is not good in this and many other photos that I took in the weekend and I do not know what the reason is. I used a D300s with an FX 17-35mm f2.8 and a SB-800. The flash was inactive for a long period of time and had previous problems with overexposure. I decided to make a new try this weekend and I am now very unhappy with the result. Most photos I took in similar situations have this kind of focus.

 

Is it possible to have an idea of the problem just by looking at the picture? It looks like a flash problem, a lens problem, a camera problem or a photographer problem (perhaps a badly calculated exposure)?

 

Thanks in advance. 

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It would be easier to tell what's up if you share the EXIF as well as the photo. Besides the EXIF, what was the approximate distance?



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It looks like a flash problem

From what I see, NO! …it worked properly.
 

a photographer problem (perhaps a badly calculated exposure)?

The absence of blur does not reveal any camera movement nor do I see
an exposure mistake.
 

a lens problem

a camera problem

Something could have gone wrong with the lens like, after a shock, a lens
displacement. I suggest to test the same lens in a quiet environment like
at home to see if the problem is there. If possible, test the camera with
an other lens — but I doubt it would have anything to do with the camera.