Camera

This article is about the entity. For the view, see Third-person view.

Camera

Rarity color	Common
Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Health points	2

Camera Block

Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	0
Hardness	?
Luminant	0
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

The camera is an entity that is capable of capturing and storing images. In Education Edition, it works together with the portfolio item to create collections of pictures.

Obtaining

The camera can not be obtained in the creative inventory in Education Edition currently. It can be obtained by either NBT editors, inventory editors, or glitches in Bedrock Edition.

Usage

Using a camera from one's inventory captures a first-person screenshot. It may also be placed, creating a camera entity that can track the user, and take pictures from the camera's perspective. Photos that are taken with the camera appear in the portfolio.

Close-up snapshots of an item on the ground can be taken by holding the Shift key while right-clicking.

Photos that are taken with the camera block are stored in %AppData%\Local\Packages\MinecraftUWP_(numbers)\LocalState\screenshots.

Data values

ID

Camera	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Block	camera	242	Block	tile.camera.name
Item	camera	498	Item	item.camera.name

Camera	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Entity	tripod_camera	62	entity.tripod_camera.name

History

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.1.0					The camera can be found in the Pocket Edition.apk file.
					To use a camera, equip it in the player's hand, then look in the direction the player wants the picture to be taken. Long-press the screen, and a camera drops to the ground where the player are standing. Step back, then press on the camera until it starts emitting smoke particles. The smoke means a picture has been taken, and the camera may disappear immediately afterward.
					Cameras have infinite uses.
May 17, 2012					The item ID for the camera (456) has been discovered and the object can now be seen in-game by players for the first time.
v0.2.0					Original camera tripod texture has been removed.
v0.5.0					The camera is now invisible and makes the standard player damage sound.
v0.7.0					Added the "F1" feature (Hide GUI), which has now made the camera obsolete.
v0.8.0		build 2			The camera now looks like an egg in the player's inventory.
v0.9.0		build 1			The camera entity has been removed. Tommaso also stated: "It doesn't mean that it's dead forever, in fact I have a lot of ideas for it! I think it will be back when have shaders, sharing and redstone."
v0.14.0		build 1			Re-added the camera. It is accessible only with inventory editors.
					The texture of the camera has been changed.
					In this version, if the player spawns a camera, leaves the world and joins back, it summons lightning.
v0.14.2					The camera item ID has been changed to 498, but it cannot be used at the moment. The entity can now be spawned with a spawn egg with a damage value of 62.
					According to the language files of the game, the empty label that shows up whenever hovering a finger to a camera would now say "Take Picture". However, the button doesn't do anything.
v0.15.0		build 1			The previous empty label on the camera mentioned above now displays the words "Take Picture".
					The health of the camera entity is now 2 instead 4.
					The camera no longer summons lightning.
v0.16.0		build 1			The camera now has a block form in inventory, but still spawns the entity. However, the block can be placed only with commands and editing.
					"Take picture" button on the camera works now, but no image files are created.
					The oldest ID for camera (456) now refers to portfolio.
		build 2			The camera now has an item form and the block has been removed. However, it is still obtainable in servers.
					Portfolio, which works together with the camera to create collections of pictures, has been removed.
		build 4			Camera item form has been removed, and the camera can no longer be obtained or placed using any command.
Bedrock Edition
1.8.0		beta 1.8.0.8			The camera has been reimplemented.
					The camera entity can now be spawned with a spawn egg with damage value 258.
1.12.0		beta 1.12.0.2			The camera can now be obtained with the /give command.
1.13.0		beta 1.13.0.1			The camera can no longer be obtained with the /give command.
					Functionality has been added to the camera. Screenshots that are taken by the camera can now be saved into the screenshots folder.
					Cameras are now a part of the Education Edition toggle as a hidden feature.
					Cameras no longer have a death animation when killed by the player and instead, instantly emit smoke particles.
1.16.100		beta 1.16.100.50			The camera can now be obtained with the /give command once again.
		beta 1.16.100.55			The camera can no longer be obtained with the /give command.
Education Edition
1.0					Added cameras along with the portfolio.
1.4.0					Cameras no longer have a death animation when killed by the player and instead instantly emit smoke particles.

Future

At the Minecraft Pocket Edition panel at MineCon 2012, as well as one of Jbernhardsson's livestreams, it was stated that future plans include trying to have a proper use for cameras, perhaps an easier way to take screenshots and share them with others. In the BlockTalk Q&A, the camera was briefly mentioned as part of a broader "sharing" theme planned for Bedrock Edition in the future. It later got implemented into Education Edition, using the camera to make screenshots and share them in a special book.

Issues

Issues relating to "Camera" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• A camera prevents a Book and Quill from working. Attempting to craft it or obtain it by commands gives a regular book instead, due to non-implementation of photo attaching to written books.
• The camera can take a screenshot, which appears a bit smaller with a thick paper outline having cuts on its edges, making it look like an old photograph.
• This feature is hidden from the creative inventory and from the /give command item menu.

Gallery

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  A row of cameras, as seen in v0.3.0.

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  Example image taken by the camera entity.

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  What the camera looked like before v0.2.0.

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  What the camera looked like before v0.9.0.

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  In the bottom left, the old camera's texture and what seems to be a handheld camera can be seen.

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  Current texture file found in Bedrock Edition.

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  The first method of using cameras.

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  The second method of using cameras.

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  A camera spawned using a spawn egg named "Dinnerbone" in the v0.15.0 beta.

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  A camera falling from a tree. This shows that cameras are entities.

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  An example of the screenshot took by a camera in beta 1.13.0.1.

See also

• Portfolio
• Screenshot

References

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