The manifold gage reads suction in inches of mercury.
An inch is 24.5 MM
A micron gage reads in 1/1000 of a milimeter, or 1/25,400 of an inch. A refrigeration guy will want to get down to 500 or fewer microns. Your manifold gage won't read that, accurately.
Do a google search on "micron gage" and see what you learn.