Curmudgeon wrote:
Like most questions, it all depends. If my target is a bird sitting at the end of a twig autofocus works faster and is more accurate than manual focus. It the bird is sitting back in the tree with intervening leaves and things, manual is the only way for me to get a shot focused on the bird's eye.
Guess you NEVER used these cameras.
They have eye focus for birds that is superior to manual.