Bad focus when tacking pictures

If you are using an external flash in bounce mode, don't use the ADI setting for flash - it will always underexpose. ADI attempts to compensate the preflash reading based on focus distance to avoid overexposing a close in subject dominated by large background. this is great for direct flash but bouncing messes up the calculations. also when u take your first picture, look at the preview and the histogram. you may need to adjust the exposure compensation and the flash compensation manually based on this test shot.

I had the same problem and disabled the hand grip and full time autofocus. Works perfect now. I must have been doing something wrong with the hand grip in the act of shooting. In fact I sent mine back to the factory and it still wouldn't auto focus. It was my problem. I feel like a slice of cheese for sending it back.