The MF rings on both are servo-type, quite responsive
(too much so, if moved fast...;-), very smooth, but
unlike "real" MF action. Quite useable, but the AF is
so good on both, I don't usually bother with MF...

On Sun, 02 Dec 01 22:32:34 GMT, ansbro@n2.net (Michael Ansbro) wrote:
>
>Is it true that the manual focus is as responsive as "real" manual focus?
>I've read posts to that effect.

>In article <3c0a968b.384419@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu>, d_ruether@hotmail.com
>wrote:
>
>>There is a long thread on it (compared with the TRV900)
>>going on right now on rec.video... In the US, the price of
>>the TRV30 is near that of the better TRV900 3-chipper,
>>so...;-) Under ***the best*** conditions, you may be
>>hard-put to see much differences between the TRV30 and the
>>TRV900 for both picture and sound quality, but with
>>low light levels, and with movement with contrasty edges,
>>you WILL see the differences! ;-)
>>(I own both...)