Photo Apparatus
by XJI36
Photo Apparatus gives players a handheld camera that saves a picture of the scene into an empty map, for NeoForge 1.21.
What it does
Once the camera is in hand, a viewfinder box and a zoom bar appear on screen. The box marks which part of the view will be captured, and the bar shows the current zoom level. Adjusting zoom slowly takes CTRL with the scroll wheel, while CTRL with Shift jumps straight to the minimum or maximum.
Survival play suits the mod, since the camera works like film: it needs an empty map from the inventory to store each shot. The picture is taken with the right mouse button once the angle is chosen. Photo Apparatus runs on client and server, so both sides need it. Its files cover 1.21 only, and the mod is released under the MIT License as open source.
Key features
Viewfinder and zoom bar
A viewfinder box shows the area that will be captured, and a zoom bar displays the current level.
Gradual and instant zoom
CTRL with the scroll wheel changes zoom slowly, and CTRL with Shift moves to the minimum or maximum at once.
Pictures saved to maps
Each photo is written into an empty map from the inventory, so the camera works like film.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
In the catalog
Photo Apparatus is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,201 Decoration mods for NeoForge. 15,770 mods support Minecraft 1.21.
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What the author says
Once equipped, you'll see camera GUI that has viewfinder box and zoom bar. Viewfinder box shows what part of your screen will be "screenshoted". Zoom bar shows your current zoom level, which you can change either slowly (using CTRL + scrolling up/down) or instantly to minimum/maximum zoom (CTRL + Shift + scroll).
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/photo-apparatus
- Owner
- XJI36
- Published
- 2026-05-15
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-15
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15