Patent ID: 8228399

Claim:
A camera comprising: a photographing unit to acquire an image of an object; a display to display the image acquired by the photographing unit; a user interface to receive user input; a storage to store images acquired by the photographing unit; and a controller to, when a user input requesting scene setup is received, extract first scene information expressing features of a first scene that a user intends to photograph and that is displayed on the display, extract second scene information expressing features of a second scene that is captured in a photographing standby state, using the first scene information and the second scene information to generate guide information for guiding a photographer capturing the second scene to photograph the first scene, and provide the guide information to the display, wherein the first scene information includes at least one first interesting point extracted from the first scene regardless of a change in view and/or scale of the first scene and feature information for each interesting point, and the second scene information includes at least one second interesting point extracted from the second scene regardless of a change in view and/or scale of the second scene and feature information for each interesting point, the guide information comprises superimposing at least one feature extracted from the first scene onto a portion of the second scene being captured, and the second scene includes areas without superimposed first scene features.