My 70-200 Lens has no issues with auto focus and is crystal clear however it now seems to only have a very small area in sharp focus even at different apetures. It's not happening on ever single photo but it's becoming more frequent. Any idea of what might be the issue?
Depth of field varies by a combination of aperture, distance from camera to subject and the focal length (e.g. @ 200mm). The picture you posted has a FL of 90mm and aperture of f/2.8. Not sure what the distance to subject was.
You can use a number depth of field calculator available online to calculate the depth of field to see if there is anything odd with what you've got with the lens. Here I used one called depth of field simulator (dofsimulator). Guessing that this was taken at 5 feet away, here's the result: in focus 0.9 inch in front of point of focus and 0.9 inch behind...so your picture looks consistent. The DOF gets less as you move closer and even less as you zoom in closer (e.g. 200mm instead of 90mm).
