AF problem, she moved, or what?

[SpiltPickle]

Is this an AF problem? She was sitting very still when I took it. Even so it was at 1/10 shutter, so she COULD have moved.. but lately I've been noticing my focus off in a lot of my pictures. I originally thought it was just me and I needed to practice more, but I'm getting a bit curious.

The camera was set up on my 3021 / 3030 tripod combo, remote release. Light is ambient light coming from a window to her right with a film on it that was difusing it (giving it a bit of color cast too) and a silver reflector to her left (only thing I had with me at the time). I was using my 50 1.8 but have noticed this with all my lenses it seems lately.

It looks to me like her nose is in focus, but not where I was aiming.
I took several shots like this and the focus is off on all of em.

I've attached a screen shot of the EOS utility showing the AF point.

Appreciate it if you guys had any ideas what's up... Just me? Possible problem?

[GyRob]

Agree the focus on the nose looks sharp so dont think she moved,id try this shot without the glasses as the focus point could be missing as its on the glass ,just my thought's
Rob.

[Bodmin636]

Have had the same problem, turned out the persons glasses was fooling the AF

[SpiltPickle]

Hmm ok, I'll try it again without the glasses on.

[adas]

Maybe you're expecting too much from the 50 f/1.8 at such a big aperture. I have such problems with my f/1.4.
Another reason could be that given the AF points are bigger in reality than the displayed rectangles, it might have been torn between the eye and the cushion-holder (little pearl), eventually chosing the latter.

[Woolburr]

I think I agree with the others...the focus is on the lens of the glasses. This is where you could bump the ISO a bit...try 800...(properly exposed images don't have serious noise problems), stop down a little bit further to maybe f/5.6 and between the faster shutter speed and greater DOF the image will come out better looking in the focus department. Manual focus can also be a plus.

[lakiluno]

Its because its at 1/10th of a second. Cut the aperture to around f/4 (the 50 1.8's sweet spot) to f/8. Get the shutter speed around 1/60 or above minimum. Unless you're using a tripod and taking a picture of an inanimate object, 1/10th is too slow.