---
name: "cameraView"
type: command
status: ok
groups: ["Camera Control"]
arma3_since: "0.50"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/cameraView
revid: 378176
updated: 2026-03-03T19:06:53Z
---

# cameraView

*Command · Camera Control · Arma 3 v0.50 · introduced in Arma 2 v1.00*

## Description

Returns mode of active camera view. Mode is one of:
- "INTERNAL" (1st person)
- "EXTERNAL" (3rd person)
- "GUNNER" (optics / sights)
- "GROUP" (commander view)

## Syntax

```sqf
cameraView
```

**Returns:** [String](../topics/String.md)

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
if (cameraOn == _vehicle && cameraView == "EXTERNAL") then
{
    _vehicle switchCamera "INTERNAL";
};
```

## See also

[switchCamera](../commands/switchCamera.md) · [cameraOn](../commands/cameraOn.md) · [cameraEffect](../commands/cameraEffect.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — cameraView](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/cameraView) (revision 378176).</sub>