>One thing that I did notice is that when I set my focus
>through he view finder at a specific spot (camera on tripod
>and target stable) that when I switched to live view the focus
>point was not on the same spot. It was over to one side of
>where it was through the view finder. I don't think this
>should be like this. They should be both focused on the same
>spot.

I do not have the camera handy to try, but I thought the opposite -- I thought that the setting in Live View and Viewfinder were independent and is remembered from the last time in live view. A brief look at the manual didn't show anything on the subject.

>Another thing that I noticed is that when shooting a
>target that is parallel to the camera that the one side is in
>focus and the other side is slightly out of focus. Same when
>photographing someone looking straight at the camera the one
>eye is soft and one somewhat sharp.

Now that's a new one, and is not related to ANY of the "left side AF" issues, as that implies the sensor/lens combination is not aligned. I'd suggest trying other lenses and something carefully controlled to be sure. Do you have a filter on the lens, if so I'd recommend at least trying without.


Linwood

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