Abstract: An automatic tracking system is built including a base, a rotating element, a pair (or more) of receiving elements, a motor, and a controller electrically coupled to the receiving elements and the motor, configured to operate as a direction finder. The motor rotates the rotating element to keep the receiving elements aligned with the signal from a portable transmitter. When a camera is mechanically coupled with the rotating element, the direction finder will keep the camera aligned to the portable transmitter as it moves with respect to the camera. Subject distance may also be calculated by the controller and sent to an image capture device as the focus distance to be used by the image capture device.