Lens or camera problem?

[TMG1961]

Hi all,

Having a problem when shooting photos with my Sony a6400 with the Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2x macro lens.
I noticed that macro shots are not sharp anymore. When i shoot at a distance the photos are sharp.

Her 2 examples from this afternoon. The fly is macro shot (obvious) and the potbelly pig is shot from about 5-7 meters away.
Both photos are straight out of camera jpegs without any editing except for resizing to 3000 by 2000 pixels.
I used focus magnifying on the fly with focus peaking an focus peaking on the pig. I focused on the snout of the pig and the 2 little horns (no idea what the are called ) on the fly.
Photo fly ISO 400 - 1/50 sec - f/11
Photo pig ISO 200 - 1/60 sec - f/8

Is it me or is the macro shot not sharp and the normal one is sharp? Both shots taken free hand with me leaning on the fence and the waste container at home.

 

[TMG1961]

I am going to do some test shots later this week. I don't have a printer so unable to print any test cards. Will see if i have something else that i can use for it, like a book. I got a tripod but i don't take that with me when going on a walk. If all goes well i should receive the Godox TT350s speedlite with 3 diffuser cards on Saturday. And then i need to learn using a flash for macro, but that is ok, gives me something to do.

 

[TMG1961]

Been doing a bit of testing, not perfect or accurate but i think good enough to determine if the lens is sharp enough. I think it is. Photos taken handheld. ISO 400 - 1/160 (flag) 1/250 (elephant) Not sure about the aperture, forgot to write it down.

 

[TMG1961]

Nor very happy at the moment. I ordered the Godox TT350s from amazon, got it delivered today. Unpacked it and it was a speedlite someone else returned before. The screenprotector from lcd screen was missing and there were already some unknown batteries inserted. Contacted amazon and speedlite is going back on monday.