Camera

The camera is both an item and entity used to take, view, and print photos in-game.

Crafting Recipe
Cameras are craftable with 3 iron on top, redstone dust, quartz and a glass pane respectively in the middle, and 3 gold ingots at the bottom.

Function
The use for the camera is really simple: hold left click (PC), hold left trigger (Console), or hold down on your screen (Pocket Edition) and release when you want to take the picture.

The camera is unique because it is one of the only items with its own GUI. Left clicking on it will make the camera GUI appear, where you can access unlimited photos and have the option to print them. There is a separate slot for storing photos, which is necessary to print your images.

Photos
Photos are required to print pictures. An empty photo can be crafted with paper and an inc sac. Up to 64 photos can be stored inside a camera. Printing an image will require 1 photo and you will receive the photo in your inventory. That photo will be named according to the amount of images taken, similar to how maps are named. You can view the photo in your hand or off-hand looking down, similar to how you view a map. Also similar to how a map functions, you can place a photo on an item frame to share it with your friends and view it on any surface.

Tripod
Tripods are useful because you can access and take timed pictures without the camera being in your hands. The tripod can be placed as an entity and turns the camera into an entity when left clicked while holding a camera. The camera as an entity has the same GUI as the item camera, except now there is an option to take automatically timed photos. There is also an option to control the camera and point it in any possible direction to take the picture. Destroying the camera entity will drop both the Tripod item and Camera item separately.

Facts & Trivia

 * Cameras have unlimited uses and can store unlimited images. However, it can only store up to a stack of empty photos.
 * Cameras are an actual feature in Pocket/Bedrock Editions. It has been implemented and removed 3 separate times.
 * Cameras are currently an accessible entity in Bedrock editions through an inventory editor. However, on previous versions, you could access it through /give or /summon commands, but it never had a real function other than decoration.
 * Cameras are a working feature in Education Editions of Minecraft, which was based off Bedrock Edition.
 * History of Cameras in Bedrock Edition:
 * 0.1.0 alpha: Cameras are a secret added feature in Pocket Edition. It was functional and had infinite uses. It has been discovered by players on May 17, 2012, coincidentally on Minecraft's 3-year anniversary (and also my birthday :).
 * 0.2.0 alpha: Original Tripod texture has been removed and replaced with a music disc.
 * 0.5.0 alpha: Cameras are now completely invisible and useless. It's still in the game files, however, and makes the old player sound when damaged.
 * 0.8.0 alpha: The Camera now appears as an egg item in players' inventory.
 * 0.9.0 alpha: The Camera entity is removed, but was hinted by the developers that it may return in the future.
 * 0.14.0 alpha: The Camera is re-added and can only be accessed through inventory editors. It's texture changed as it appears today. It has no functional use. If a player spawns the camera, leaves the world and joins back, it summons lightning.
 * 0.14.2 alpha: The Camera can be spawned in through Spawn Eggs via inventory editors, and has an empty label on Pocket Editions. However, that button is completely useless.
 * 0.15.0 alpha: The "Take Picture" label now appears when nearby the camera on Pocket Editions, instead of being straight up empty. However, it still doesn't work. It's damage value has been updated from 4 hearts to 2, and can no longer summon lightning.
 * 0.16.0 alpha: The spawn egg has been replaced with a block item, but it can only be placed through commands and editing. The "Take Picture" button works and causes particle effects, however, no image files are created in-game.
 * 0.16.0 alpha build 4: Camera item was removed and can no longer be placed with inventory editors or commands.
 * 1.8.0: The Camera has been reimplimented and can be summoned with a spawn egg that can be accessed only with inventory editors.
 * 1.12.0: The camera item can be obtained with the /give command.
 * 1.13.0: Cameras are finally functional with the Education Edition setting when creating Bedrock worlds. IT can take pictures, which would be saved to the "screenshots" folder. It is no longer obtainable with the /give command in regular versions but can be easily accessed with the education edition toggle.120px-Camera old.pngOldcam.pngCamera.png