Shel said > I understood (and recall from looking) that the viewfinders > on AF cameras don't have focusing aids, like the screens in > the LX, et al, and therefore aren't as good for manual > focusing. Can't recall a single AF viewfinder that had such > aids.
It may be true that no AF cameras come with those focusing aids, but some of them allow the screens to be changed -- and the options can include screens with focusing aids. Such as the split-image I put into my PZ-1.