Thanks yes that was it. If i do a zoom first and the enter MF i can change focus with the zoom "key".
Now that it works for sure i hope it gets picked up and included in the trunk.
@nickman, thx for your persistance!
@fe50, thx for the hint!!
Verified this works on SD500. Works like a charm! (even when zooming in a little, them zoom out to orig focal length) Can we include this in all the regular builds, so that everybody will have MF? All that needs to happen is that before MF is engaged, the cam needs to zoom in to next value, then zoom out, then enable MF.
Cheers, and thanks again to all that helped with this solution!! This will make focus bracketing and SD overrides actually work for these cams!
-joe