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

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drsnoopy Senior Member • Posts: 1,216
Re: Can Canon AF do real time tracking of objects (not just faces,eyes,cars,animals etc)?
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Leigh A. Wax wrote:

The term "Tracking" in current MILCH Cameras is the AF capability of "locking on to , and "following" / tracking a moving object.

What moving objects are there to track in a Landscape scenario?

The OP means he/she wants to lock focus on an object and then move the camera around, hence the chosen object is “moving” within the viewfinder frame.  Of course all recent Canons can do this perfectly well - in my experience there’s no issue with R, RP, R5, which I have owned, or with R6, R7, R10, which I have tried and/or used.

However there’s a much simpler solution.  Use back button focus. Focus on chosen point. Recompose at will and press the (non-focusing) shutter release.  I started using BBF for wildlife years ago but it’s much better than shutter release focusing in almost every scenario, for me anyway.

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