Derrel
Mr. Rain Cloud
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Each, individual lens is its own entity. Zoom lenses have a habit of getting out of whack whenever they are dropped, struck, or impacted by something. What somebody else's lens can do has zero bearing on what your lens can do. You say you have a consistent problem getting really sharp images. Based on a couple of your sample images, I see a lens problem. A significant problem with the lens. I also used to own the same lens. At the shorter end, my 18-55 Canon kit lens was not good.
The worst zoom lens I have EVER owned was a mid-1980's Nikkor 35-135mm. It had basically the same issue as yours...it was a duff lens. Everything it shot lacked clarity, and it had a lot of chromatic aberration. No matter how carefully I shot with it, every image was just a little bit "soft". I bought it from a friend, who had bought it from a friend, who had bought it from the original owner. I sold it to a friend of a friend, not one of "my" friends.
CA can be eliminated to a degree in software like Lightroom. But it still impacts the images. The last shots I made with my 18-55 were during the snow of the winter of 2009. It snowed one day. I took some shots of a tree that had fallen over. They were riddled with CA.
The worst zoom lens I have EVER owned was a mid-1980's Nikkor 35-135mm. It had basically the same issue as yours...it was a duff lens. Everything it shot lacked clarity, and it had a lot of chromatic aberration. No matter how carefully I shot with it, every image was just a little bit "soft". I bought it from a friend, who had bought it from a friend, who had bought it from the original owner. I sold it to a friend of a friend, not one of "my" friends.
CA can be eliminated to a degree in software like Lightroom. But it still impacts the images. The last shots I made with my 18-55 were during the snow of the winter of 2009. It snowed one day. I took some shots of a tree that had fallen over. They were riddled with CA.