A novel
system for a new kind of electronic news gathering and videography is described. In particular, a camera that captures light passing through the center of a lens of an eye of the user is described. Such an electronic newsgathering
system allows the eye itself to, in effect, function as a camera. In wearable embodiments of the invention, a journalist wearing the apparatus becomes, after
adaptation, an entity that seeks, without conscious thought or effort, an optimal point of vantage and
camera orientation. Moreover, the journalist can easily become part of a
human intelligence network, and draw upon the intellectual resources and technical photographic skills of a large
community. Because of the journalist's ability to constantly see the world through the apparatus of the invention, which may also function as an
image enhancement device, the apparatus behaves as a true extension of the journalist's mind and body, giving rise to a new genre of documentary video. In this way, it functions as a seamless communications medium that uses a reality-based user-interface.