how do those chase helicopters keep focus on fast moving cars during a police chase?

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Feels like it would be very disorienting for the camera man and would be quite shaky from that distance out. Is there some special equipment they use?

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Simply put, they’re incredibly expensive cameras with excellent focus and image stabilization.

A very common model used by law enforcement is the Wescam MX-10 (about $400k). Just like modern cameras, you can select a focus point and it will track it automatically with the camera operator not having to do much.

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