Patent ID: 8659667

Claim:
A digital camera comprising: a digital image capturing system having an image sensor that defines a focal plane and having at least one exposure adjusting mechanism that stores an associated device setting value in a processor-readable non-transitory memory and having a release mechanism that captures an image to the image sensor in response to user manipulation; a camera location sensor that provides location data indicative of the position of the camera relative to a predetermined reference frame; a camera pointing direction sensor that provides direction data indicative of the orientation of the focal plane relative to a predetermined reference frame; a recipe based assistance tool comprising a recipe generating processor that reads the device setting value, the location data and the direction data, analyzes the captured image to generate data indicative of sun position and generates a recipe data file that includes the data indicative of sun position in response to manipulation of the release mechanism; and a network communication device adapted to upload the captured image and the recipe data file in association with the captured image to a network-based storage location for download by others.