1. A viewing aid comprising: a camera; a viewing surface within a field of view of the camera, and substantially fixed relative to the camera; a memory in data communication with the camera; and a display in data communication with the memory; wherein the camera is configured to capture an initial image of viewing material on the viewing surface and to store the initial image in the memory; the viewing aid further comprising software configured to program the viewing aid to perform a process comprising: 1) determine a first location of a tracking element within the field of view by identifying X-Y coordinates of the first location based on an X-Y reference frame associated with the field of view; 2) map the location to a corresponding first mapped portion of the initial image in the memory which is less than the full initial image; 3) display on the display a first enhanced image generated from the initial image stored in the memory, the first enhanced image corresponding only to the first mapped portion of the initial image; 4) continuously track a motion of the tracking element within the field of view using the camera; and 5) pan the initial image to display on the display successive enhanced images generated from the initial image stored in the memory based on the tracked motion of the tracking element.