Right now, there are several camera's in use in the game (1st person, 3rd person, 3rd person alternative, rotate around ship, and something I cant remember atm); I propose that a new camera be added that simply looks in the direction of your currently targeted object. I propose this not for any pvp benifet (though there may be one), but rather for the sake of recording videos of other players and objects.

I look forward to seeing your criticism for this

+1

How can you be sure it wont be taken advantage of by cheaters?

How can you be sure it wont be taken advantage of by cheaters?

What possible use would this be in an exploit?

+1

Same complaint that some people have about mouselook: being able to directly look at your opponent no matter where he is. If there is a way to enable this camera mode only if the player is not in combat, it might be ok.

+1 this might make PvP harder doubt it will be an exploit

Being able to look at people isn't precisely the complaint they have about mouselook. It's the combination of not having their view rotated by concussive forces combined with their ship automatically turning to face their view, resulting in flares being much less disorienting and disruptive.

The OP, on the other hand, says nothing at all about ship orientation. The suggestion is just to let you have a view aimed at the targeted ship. This mode doesn't need to be enabled only while not in combat; instead, just disable ship movement controls while active -- have movement controls instead adjust the camera similar to in the free camera mode, so you can record close-ups or orbit the view around the target.

If hit by a flare your ship will still spin, you would have to turn around/adjust same as regular... This is just about camera view right?

I intended this, as Pizza said, to only affect camera angle. It would indeed ignore flare/etc concussions, but the ship wouldn't try to reorient.