TriX wrote:
Only if it’s a MILC (contrast detection AF) or a non interchangeable lens camera. If it’s an interchangeable lens camera with phase detection AF, there’s a tolerance on the camera and a tolerance on the lens, and if they both go the “wrong way”. Then there’s a tolerance stackup which can result in inaccurate AF. Now if you always shoot stopped down, the DOF may hide it, but if you shoot wide open, especially with long lenses, where the DOF is sometimes inches, you need the AF to be spot on.
It's a Nikon Df. If the image were sharp on the screen and unsharp on the sensor, there would have to be a defect in the viewfinder alignment. Thus far (about 6 1/2 years), I've had no focus problems, auto or manual.