iPhone 15 Pro Max Auto Focus and screen touch location misaligned?

I know there have been other posts, but I am able to recreate this issue in several third party apps. When I place an auto focus reticle directly over what I would like to be the main focus, it is always off. When I use a manual focus slider and a focus loupe I can get closer to good focus.

This picture was taken using the auto focus function within Cinema P3 Camera with the target of the reticle directly over the orange flower:

I then engaged the manual focus with the focus loupe and was able to dial in a better focus on the orange flower. It’s not that easy to see exactly how well it’s focused, but it is clearly better than the first image:

It seems like the screen touch location and the actual focus area are not aligned. I’m going to head to the Apple Store this week to see if they can do anything about it.