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

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Laqup Regular Member • Posts: 351
Re: Can Canon AF do real time tracking of objects (not just faces,eyes,cars,animals etc)?
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R2D2 wrote:

Jens H wrote:

This works with any object that has even a bit of contrast, which can be bushes, rocks, fences, houses, just about anything.

Are these objects moving so quickly that they are moving out of your DOF between the time that you aim at them and then snap the shutter? Would you not use "One Shot AF" instead? Or better yet Servo with Back Button Focus? Any examples of contrapositives that you can post?

R2

This is not about AF itself but a technique for recomposing without having to manually move the AF area / point. It is common on other systems, not so much in Canon land. When you let go of shutter half press the AF point jumps back to the original position and you can quickly select another subject. In Canon land I would typically move the single point AF area via the touchscreen while looking through the viewfinder. This is not possible in Nikon Land (Z6/Z7).

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