R7 with kit lens soft landscapes

[gulab5656]

Feeling a bit underwhelming with the R7 + 18-150mm kit lens. What could be causing landscape photos being soft (other than being a kit lens)? I was shooting some tests last week at ISO100, f8, 1/200sec at 18mm. RAW, IS turned on. It was a calm, but cloudy day. Several shots, nothing sharp.

Vs portraits with same lens and body are good and sharp.

What can I do to further test and tweak settings to find what's wrong or how to improve?

[Waddizzle]

Are you zooming in on the image to check the sharpness?  What you see can be very misleading.  Distant objects will always look soft when you use a wide angle lens.  

Can you post a sample image to