Cameron (Johto)

Genzo redirects here. For the anime character whose Japanese name is Genzō, see Kenzo (EP166).

Cameron ゲンゾー Genzo
Cameron in the Slowpoke Well
Gender	Male
Hometown	Cianwood City
Region	Kanto, Johto
Relatives	Unnamed relative
Generation	IV
Games	HeartGold, SoulSilver

Cameron the Photographer (Japanese: ゲンゾー Genzō) is a non-player character in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.

After the player arrives in Goldenrod City, Cameron can be found in both Kanto and Johto on varying days of the week, and in a few cases, at different times. He will take pictures of the player's party and the surrounding area. Cameron's house is in Cianwood City, which has an automatic camera beside it for use at all times; however, Cameron cannot be found here.

Photo locations

With the entire party

Location	Notes	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
New Bark Town	—	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Cherrygrove City	—	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Ruins of Alph	Outside	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Ruins of Alph	Inside	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Route 32	—	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Slowpoke Well	—	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Ilex Forest	—	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Route 35	—	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
National Park	Gate	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
National Park	Inside	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
National Park	Inside	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Pokéathlon Dome	—	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Pokéathlon Dome	Aprijuice Stand	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Ecruteak City	—	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Route 39	—	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Olivine City	—	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Olivine Lighthouse	At night	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Safari Zone Gate	—	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Ice Path	—	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Blackthorn City	—	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Route 45	—	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Route 48	—	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Mt. Silver	—	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Mt. Silver	Up Waterfall	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Frontier Access	—	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Pallet Town	—	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Route 1	—	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Viridian City	—	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Pewter City	—	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Pewter Museum of Science	—	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Cerulean City	—	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Vermilion City	—	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Silph Co.	—	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Saffron Train Station	—	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Celadon City	—	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Celadon Department Store	—	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Fuchsia City	—	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Route 12	—	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Route 14	—	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Seafoam Islands	—	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Route 21	—	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Route 22	—	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Route 26	—	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No

With NPCs

If the Gym Leader is currently in the Fighting Dojo, the player cannot take a picture with the Leader.

Character	Location	Day	Requirements
Day-Care Man	Pokémon Day Care	4 Wednesday and Thursday	—
Master	Dragon's Den	2 Monday and Thursday	—
Professor Oak	Professor Oak's Laboratory	8 Everyday	Complete the National Pokédex (excluding Mythical Pokémon)
Falkner	Celadon Department Store	4 Wednesday	His phone number
Bugsy	National Park (by the fountain)	6 Friday	His phone number
Whitney	Goldenrod Department Store (sixth floor)	8 Everyday from 6:00 PM to 8:59 PM	Her phone number
Morty	Bellchime Trail	6 Friday	His phone number
Chuck	Route 47	1 Sunday	Does not appear after the Jade Orb is obtained
Jasmine	Olivine Café	8 Everyday from 12:00 PM to 12:59 PM	Her phone number
Pryce	Mahogany Gym	8 Everyday	—
Clair	Dragon's Den	8 Everyday from 4:00 PM to 6:59 PM	Her phone number
Brock	Diglett's Cave on the Route 2 side	8 Everyday from 5:00 PM to 7:59 PM	His phone number
Misty	Route 25	8 Everyday from 2:00 PM to 3:59 PM	Her phone number and a Water-type Pokémon as the lead Pokémon
Lt. Surge	Route 39 at Moomoo Farm	6 Friday and Saturday	His phone number
Erika	Celadon City	2 Monday	Her phone number
Janine	Victory Road at the Pokémon League Reception Gate	8 Everyday from 6:00 PM to 7:59 PM	Her phone number
Sabrina	Olivine City Harbor	2 Monday	Her phone number
Blaine	Cinnabar Island	5 Thursday	His phone number
Blue	Cinnabar Island	6 Friday	Defeat Red

Photos without Cameron

There are two other photo locations where photos are taken without Cameron. One is by using the automatic camera outside his house in Cianwood City; the other is a special photo in the Goldenrod Tunnel taken while dressed as a Team Rocket Grunt.

House

This is the house of Cameron,
the Photographer.
Take a Snapshot as a Keepsake!

Cameron's house replaces the Game Boy Printer-based Photo Studio in Cianwood City from Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal. While Cameron never visits Cianwood City while the player is there, he has set up an automatic camera outside with which the player can use to take a photo with their party. A relative of Cameron's resides inside the house.

Gallery

Sprites

Overworld sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver

Quotes

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

A photo with an NPC taken by Cameron

"Hello, just when you least expect it! I am Cameron the Photographer. You look so photogenic! Why not have a picture taken?"

No: "Aren't you a shy one?"

Yes:

• If the player's Photo Album is not full

"All right, then! Get yourselves ready!"

"Good, good! We've got a nice picture! You can see all the pictures on your PC."

• If the player's Photo Album is full

"Wait a second! My superhuman ability is telling me that your Photo Album is full! Sorry to trouble you, but can you delete some pictures before you talk to me again?"

Trivia

• Cameron can be found at Mt. Silver, a location only highly skilled Trainers are permitted to enter.
• In French, the name of Cameron (F. Otto) is the abbreviation of the name of Phil the Photo Guy (Otto Focus), which suggests that they could be just one person. This is not the case in other languages though.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ゲンゾー Genzō	From 現像 Genzō, photo developing
English	Cameron	From "camera"
French, Spanish	F. Otto	Possibly from photographie in French, and fotografía in Spanish.
German	Wikbert
Italian	F. Oto	Possibly from photo.
Korean	현상 Hyeonsang	Korean reading of 現像 Genzō.

Related articles

• Phil the Photo Guy

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