Picture-Oriented Camera


Almost all digital cameras are focused on giving the user the most technical camera features like shutter/aperature/iso/flash and/or a large set of automatic shooting modes.
However, many people are overwhelmed by their cameras and don't know what the features are, much less how to use them. Basically, I propose, they are more interested in taking good pictures than learning about their feature-laden cameras.
Since the technical details of photography are only part of the equation, and auto-modes are fairly well advanced, I believe a picture-oriented (rather than featured-oriented) camera might be useful and more relevant than the evergrowing stack of technical features. It would "look" at the digital image and make suggestions and potentially highlight features in the frame to make the suggestions more clear.
A picture-oriented camera might make suggestions like:
1) The light source is behind the highlighted subject, you might consider moving it unless you want a silhouette.
2) The subject's (outlined) are small in the frame, you might move or zoom closer (this is one of the most common photographic mistakes)
3) The bright spot (outlined) is going to "burn" the photo (or a dark spot is going to blacken), you might move the frame.
4) You need more light to avoid blurring (there could even be sensor to measure the camera shake)
5) If you can rest the camera on something, you can lessen the blur.
6) Consider dividing up the key elements of the frame onto the highlighted marks ("rule of thirds")
7) Your flash will not reach the subject (outlined) consider moving closer.
It would probably be necessary to adjust the "comment level" of the camera (including turning off all comments). At a minimum, comments could be broken down into Lighting and Composition -- both of which are frequent components of bad photographs. And maybe more?
Similarly, a "suggester" would have to be closely calibrated with the limits of the camera. But, if successful, the results could be dramatic.
A big part of the challenge is to make the suggestions simple and useful, but not distracting or annoying. I'm going to consider this aspect more.


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