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Originally Posted by fingerz
The problem there is that I have never, ever, in my entire life been able to take a manually-focused shot that was as sharp as an autofocused shot.
In fact, I constantly recoil in amazement when people talk about switching to manual to get better results. Switching to manual is something I only ever do in very low light (less so now I have an ST-E2). All my results from manual focus have been shocking with one exception - macro shots where you focus as close as possible and then just move the object itself nearer or farther from the lens. In those situations only my manual focusing is ok.
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You surprise me Jamie. SLR's used to have a split image fresnel lens in the centre of the focusing screen which was a big aid to focusing. With a DSLR though, and certainly the 20D, you still get the green focus confirmation light when you focus manually. (and the beep if you enable it)