Panoramic camera

A space orientation-based camera comprising:

• (a) a wide-angle lens creating a wide-angle image, the wide-angle lens having an optical axis, the created wide-angle image having perspective and/or geometrical distortion;
• (b) an image sensor configured to capture the wide-angle image from the wide-angle lens;
• (c) a spatial orientation device for obtaining both (i) an indication of an orientation of the optical axis relative to a horizon line when capturing the wide-angle image and (ii) an indication of a relative position of the camera about the optical axis when capturing the wide-angle image;
• (d) a processing unit automatically generating, based on the indications obtained by the spatial orientation device, an interpretation of the user's intent at the moment of shooting of an image or at the moment of displaying an image, the processing unit using the indications of the orientation of the optical axis relative to the horizon line, of the relative position of the camera about the optical axis, and the interpretation of the user's intent at the time of capturing the wide-angle image in order to produce a processed image, wherein the processed image has the perspective and/or geometrical distortion at least partially corrected and corresponds to a selected portion of the wide-angle image captured by the image sensor;
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• (e) a display screen configured to display the processed image.