1. A device comprising: a digital camera that includes a stereo camera pair of a first camera and a second camera; a system control that is capable of turning the first camera and the second camera on and off separately; and a processor to: receive a first image via the first camera; detect a scene type associated with the first image; determine whether the scene type is amenable to stereo capture; in response to a determination that the scene type is amenable to stereo capture, perform parallax difference detection to detect whether the first image is capable of being resolved correctly; and in response to a determination that the first image is capable of being resolved correctly, perform stereo image capture of the first image and the second image via the stereo camera pair.