Can Canon AF do real time tracking of objects (not just faces,eyes,cars,animals etc)?

Jens H wrote:

I like Canon, they were my first DSLR cameras and I definitely still feel connected. I had the RP for a while. Some RF lenses I was very fond of: RF 35mm 1.8, RF 85mm 2.0, RF 24-105 L etc. And I love the Canon colors! Especially in the landscape photography I mainly do.

But currently I use the Sony a6600 mainly for one reason: AF Real Time Tracking. All I have to do is aim my AF field at any object whose position in the later image I consider suitable for AF selection, gently hold the shutter button down, and the camera tracks the object I'm aiming at in the AF field absolutely reliably while I compose the picture. AF point selection in landscape photography has never been so easy for me. This works with any object that has even a bit of contrast, which can be bushes, rocks, fences, houses, just about anything. So it's not limited to faces, animals, cars, etc.

I am interested in the upcoming R8, because I might want to go back to FF. I would like to ask here if the new AF algorithms from Canon also allow this? Experiences with R6 II, R7, R10 anyone? I know from experience that other cameras I have owned so far are not capable of this, such as Canon RP, Nikon Z6 II, etc.

Yes, they can lock onto an object that it focused on and maintain focus as it moves through the frame, with no camera idea on what that object is. On the R5, you use full tracking mode and set the camera to prioritize the center of the frame, so you can point at an object, and then drag the camera to put the object in a corner, and focus will stay on it, until you release the button. With the R7 style of AF, you use a small AF area and set the camera to follow focus outside of that area.