Regarding the sharpness issue. You said that you are shooting in raw for some of them. What are you using for your raw editor, Adobe Camera Raw or the software that came with the camera?
If you are using ACR, they will appear not as sharp because it doesn't recognize the sharpness or vivid settings for your camera. You have to add them back in ACR, which is a whole other monkey. I don't use the camera's software so I can't tell you what would be going on there.
IMHO....Raw is a great tool which is what I use 100%. But you need to understand the camera and photography in general before adding raw to the mix. Stick to JPG for now, then when you get a better understanding of digital photography then switch over to RAW.
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