i NEED digital manual focus camera advice ...

[TXForester]

Maybe a crop sensor dslr with a focus confirmation adapter. I have one for Olympus OM lenses to use on my Canon 10D. When using it, the AF point/points selected will light up in the viewfinder when I am in focus. If you like the beeping AF confirmation sound, then that setting will work too when manual focusing.

The only draw backs are you have to reprogram it when you change to a lens with a different focal length and for shallow depth of field, you may have to use the micro focus adjustment to nail the focus. The default setting works well for moderate and deep depths of field. Sometimes the default micro setting is spot on for a lens.

 

[John E Earley]

I have a D90 that I frequently use for photographing my granddaughter. With it I use Nikkor AIS, D and G lenses from 24mm to 105. The AIS is always used MF, the D mostly MF but occasionally AF and the G lenses almost always AF. Except for the slightly sloppy plastic manual focusing on the G lenses, which I rarely use, this has worked out satisfactorily for me.