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Hi Jason My thoughts here but I could be wrong. .
You tested your camera focus and it was fine in test conditions and controlled conditions. I imagine your camera is fine but you are mis calculating what you think you see out in the real world with that lens sometimes.
Modern screens can be problematic at times. They are designed to be bright and not necessarily accurate for manual focussing unfortunately. They need a split prism really in some situations.
Use your Live view to focus when you believe it is the right shot to check focus. I won't say too much but basically you have to decide whether a shot is worthy of a 2nd opinion via Live View. Only you know when this is necessary.
I may be wrong and there is an issue with your camera or lens. This is just my opinion on the matter.

Regards Dino26323
 
Shot these today locally. Some are shot with the old nikon camera i bought recently bargain with a great lens 105mm F1.4.

The Pentax K1 on the other two with the 24to70 FF lens on it.
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  • NIKON CORPORATION - NIKON D700
  • 105.0 mm f/1.4
  • 105.0 mm
  • ƒ/1.4
  • 1/4000 sec
  • Pattern
  • Manual exposure
  • ISO 200




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  • NIKON CORPORATION - NIKON D700
  • 105.0 mm f/1.4
  • 105.0 mm
  • ƒ/1.4
  • 1/250 sec
  • Pattern
  • Manual exposure
  • ISO 200




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  • RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. - PENTAX K-1
  • HD PENTAX-D FA 24-70mm F2.8ED SDM WR
  • 50.0 mm
  • ƒ/4
  • 1/180 sec
  • Center-Weighted Average
  • Auto bracket
  • ISO 100




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  • RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. - PENTAX K-1
  • HD PENTAX-D FA 24-70mm F2.8ED SDM WR
  • 50.0 mm
  • ƒ/11
  • 1/8 sec
  • Center-Weighted Average
  • Auto bracket
  • ISO 100

Thanks for looking and get out with your cameras whatever they may be in your bag.

Regards Dino26323
 
In June, several clicks backward, I posted a couple of images from a little park near us where the pond had been emptied. The pix I posted were somewhat "naked" looking without water. I said I'd go back and have, so here are a couple of the little pond in Sharon Park with water included.
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  • NIKON CORPORATION - NIKON Z 5
  • NIKKOR Z 40mm f/2
  • 40.0 mm
  • ƒ/5.6
  • 1/640 sec
  • Pattern
  • Auto exposure
  • -0.3
  • ISO 100


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  • NIKON CORPORATION - NIKON Z 5
  • NIKKOR Z 40mm f/2
  • 40.0 mm
  • ƒ/5.6
  • 1/500 sec
  • Pattern
  • Auto exposure
  • -0.3
  • ISO 100


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  • NIKON CORPORATION - NIKON Z 5
  • NIKKOR Z 40mm f/2
  • 40.0 mm
  • ƒ/5.6
  • 1/800 sec
  • Pattern
  • Auto exposure
  • -0.3
  • ISO 100
 


These are great Jason and particularly the colous in the acorn shot is great on my screen. ​

I manually focus that old Nikon most always even wide open. Yes there are hiccups but it is rare I have ruined the shots. It is so much more fluid way to shoot manually focussing I find with bokeh photography. No matter how great a camera is at focussing AF wise I still end up manually focussing because I want to enjoy the experience of shooting and I want to see ideas on the screen move in and out of focus. It is not easy to explain to the tech folks to justify it because they will just bark back at you YOU ARE missing focus. The experience and ideas is completely different when I manually focus shooting even the smallest amount of depth of field I prefer to manually focus. The nikon screen is about the same as Pentax ie it works mostly but there can be hiccups by eye on the screen.

Regards Dino26323
 
I agree with everything you said, Dino. Manually focusing is most of the fun of photography for me, even though I make errors now and then and ruin shots. I'm still curious about the latest autofocus stuff, but I don't want to spend the money and carry around a huge lens, like the HDFA 70-200mm, when I can carry two or three small manual focus primes that I'd find more fun to use anyway.

I didn't have any focus problems today, although I will say that my K28 Shift lens didn't impress me with sharpness and image quality at the edge, though.
We went to Mainz today. Turns out we were in too big of a hurry to do much photography, but I did manage a few. Here's today's catch.

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St. Peter Cathedral by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-K 28mm f3.5 Shift at f5.6, 1/180s, and ISO 100, with 5mm upward shift

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Staircase by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII and Pentax-M 120mm f2.8 at f5.6, 1/20s, and ISO 280
 
Of the series, posted on the Flickr collection and DPReview, I like the tree branch or whatever it was lying in the green and golden grass. I find that a pleasant image to view.
I realize, you can't always show 'em all :)
 
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