[photo-3d] Realist has Soft Focus??

[Chapman Mark-CMIC42 <cmic42@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am hoping that Dr. T and some of the other experts may have some thoughts on a problem I have.

Recently I had some pictures published that were taken with my Realist.  The publisher complained that while the 2/4 length portraits were ok, the full length shots were soft.  I scanned one with my Nikon LS30 and then had it professionally drum scanned.  In the hand viewer the shot looked crisp.  In both cases the scan when shown on a monitor at 100% size was in fact slightly soft.

So I conducted a test.  I tried a full length with my SLR using it with the long dimension horizontal to simulate how much of a frame would be used by the realist.  This was shot at 10ft F8.5.  Then I unloaded the roll in the dark and placed it in Realist 1.  I did the same shot at 10ft carefully focused(focus dial also read 10ft, and again at F8.5  Then I varied the focus setting to 15ft, 12ft, 8ft, 6 ft, all shot at 10ft actual.  I then switched the film to Realist 2 and repeated a similar sequence.  My hope was that maybe the focus was off even though at 8.5 I had a decent depth of field.  I then had the single roll of Provia professional 100 ASA film developed.

Result:  After scanning in the frames at 2700 dpi, I found that the Pentax Superprogram SLR produced crisp shots.  They even looked good approaching 300%.  The Realist shots regardless of focus point looked soft at 100% just like the publisher complained.

has anyone else looked at this issue.  Are the Realist lenses known for some lack of sharpness or have I missed something???  is there a different test I should try????
Thanks,
Mark Chapman