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With all of the emphasis they put on the iPhone cameras i think they have considered this and decided against it, at least for now.

I think you should try designing such an app and report back your results.

Most software/hardware goes for one group, as otherwise you'll need to make sacrifices to equalize the experience. It's just not feasible to build something that works as well for average joe as for a professional user, they use their tools differently.