The first thing you need to do is start the process of elimination. Taking less-demanding photos would be a good start, like 75' instead of 75 yards. If those pan out ok then it's not the camera or settings. If that doesn't work, try a different lens. Is this the only lens you own for the camera? Pick up a 25 f/1.7, they're inexpensive, plentiful, and sharp. Did that result in a good sharp photo?
The steps you took for the test shot were a good start but don't narrow it down enough. Start small. Get a close shot with the lens. Heck, start at the closest focusing distance and work back. Is there some place it gets worse? Is it bad at every distance?
I don't recall if you ever told us. Did you buy the body/lens new or used? If used, have you ever tried resetting the camera to default? Have you checked all of the settings to make sure you don't have something weird turned on, like soft portrait, or is the sharpness dialed way back?
You said these are SOOC jpegs. Do you shoot in RAW as well? If so, you'd have a lot more data to play with in post and you could tell if the camera's jpeg processing is part of the problem.
The steps you took for the test shot were a good start but don't narrow it down enough. Start small. Get a close shot with the lens. Heck, start at the closest focusing distance and work back. Is there some place it gets worse? Is it bad at every distance?
I don't recall if you ever told us. Did you buy the body/lens new or used? If used, have you ever tried resetting the camera to default? Have you checked all of the settings to make sure you don't have something weird turned on, like soft portrait, or is the sharpness dialed way back?
You said these are SOOC jpegs. Do you shoot in RAW as well? If so, you'd have a lot more data to play with in post and you could tell if the camera's jpeg processing is part of the problem.
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