![]() ![]() It's not nearly as high resolution as the color/tone data that Sony has, but the idea of using color and tone together with depth data has been around for a while. ![]() ![]() Nikon specifically also integrates color and tone information from their RGB exposure sensor to do subject tracking. ![]() As a note, we are aware that high-end DSLRs like the Nikon D5 and Canon 1DX II can lock onto a subject in one location and follow it around the frame, it's just that they rely on depth information and extrapolating from detected motion to do so. Depending on what camera they are using, the experience varies, however.įor example, we shot with a Sony A9 running a beta version the v5.0 firmware that outfitted it with Real-Time tracking last week, and the experience was eye-opening. Using the existing eye detection found in Eye-AF but then combining it with pattern detection, depth information and color, when it works, Real-Time tracking has the ability to fully isolate a subject in a scene and follow them as long as the photographer needs to. This is not an overstatement, it really does have that kind of impact. Real-Time Tracking can completely change how photographers shoot, changing parts of the process and how they mentally prepare for a particular shooting situation. That said, it's got considerable promise. But like the first swing at Eye-AF, Real-Time Tracking isn't quite perfect just yet, at least in the A6400. Their message was: while others struggle to get Eye-AF into their cameras, we've already iterated on the concept and developed a brand new system, never before seen.Īrguably, this is the same evolution of a new technology that we saw when Sony first debuted Eye-AF. Coming also to the Sony A9, this new advancement in autofocus that we had the opportunity to test is Sony's showcase in why they believe they're so much further ahead than the competition. Though the unveiling of the Sony A6400 stole the majority of the news cycle for Sony's recent announcements, perhaps what has longer-lasting effects to the photo industry was one piece of technology inside the A6400: Object Recognition Tracking. ![]()
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