1. A method of operating an image capture device, the method comprising: displaying a real-time image on a display of the image capture device, the real-time image being based on digital image data acquired by a digital image sensor; receiving a selection of one or more regions within the real-time image; setting, in response to the selection, the one or more regions of the selection as one or more user-defined regions of interest (ROIs) within the real-time image for applying one or more first image acquisition parameters; cancelling the one or more user-defined ROIs and setting one or more default ROIs within the real-time image for applying one or more second image acquisition parameters when a position of the image capture device has changed by an amount which exceeds a threshold amount; and acquiring digital image data by the digital image sensor in accordance with one of the one or more user-defined ROIs and the one or more default ROIs.