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title: 'Photography, recording and scanning'
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  The player captures an image, recording or scan and uses it as an action
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  - Electronic devices in games
  - Data
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  - id: source-3444527b51dd6ea2
    title: Car Mechanic Simulator 2021
    url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/1190000/'
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  preview:
    updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
    title: 'Photography, recording and scanning'
    description: >-
      The player captures an image, recording or scan and uses it as an action
      result or a source of information.
    image:
      src: images/mechanics/general-car-mechanic2021-09.webp
      width: 1440
      height: 810
      game: Car Mechanic Simulator 2021
      sourceUrl: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/1190000/'
      originalUrl: >-
        https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1190000/ss_52949c4d01c56f41be5aa7327b02759befbc778a.1920x1080.jpg?t=1792592913
      credit: Red Dot Games / PlayWay S.A.
      rights: >-
        Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Publisher-distributed
        screenshot from Steam; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY
        4.0.
      caption: Photo mode sets parameters for a virtual photograph
      alt: Photo mode sets parameters for a virtual photograph
      markers:
        - x: 16
          'y': 24
          label: Field of view and exposure change the image
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          label: Depth of field and focal point guide attention
    tips:
      - 'Distinguish aiming, previewing and a saved capture.'
    examples:
      - title: Car Mechanic Simulator 2021
        url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/1190000/'
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provenance: >-
  Original editorial design catalog consolidated from project discussions on
  2026-10-20. Complete discussion item lists and contextual limitations are
  preserved; linked primary sources support specific techniques, not the entire
  classification. English translation was prepared with machine assistance and
  editorial review.
license: CC-BY-4.0
codeLicense: MIT
attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors
catalogKey: catalog/electronic-devices
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# Photography, recording and scanning

id: electronic-devices--family-g16
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/electronic-devices--family-g16
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/electronic-devices--family-g16/

The player captures an image, recording or scan and uses it as an action result or a source of information.

## At a glance

![Photo mode sets parameters for a virtual photograph](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/general-car-mechanic2021-09.webp)

[Car Mechanic Simulator 2021](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1190000/) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Publisher-distributed screenshot from Steam; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.

1. Field of view and exposure change the image
2. Depth of field and focal point guide attention

- Distinguish aiming, previewing and a saved capture.

- [Car Mechanic Simulator 2021](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1190000/)

## How it works

Devices: Smartphone; Camera; Device; Terminal.

## Variants

### Variants and applications

<a id="family-g16-variants"></a>

- Take a photo. Rule: Record an object or event as evidence, achievement or resource... <a id="variant-g16-01"></a>
- Make a video. Rule: Preserve the unfolding event by keeping it in the frame... <a id="variant-g16-02"></a>
- Record sound. Rule: Receive a conversation, signal or pattern for later use. <a id="variant-g16-03"></a>
- Set up shooting. Rule: Select focus, zoom, exposure, flash and other relevant parameters. <a id="variant-g16-04"></a>
- Construct the desired frame. Rule: Combine objects, catch the moment or fulfill a compositional condition. <a id="variant-g16-05"></a>
- Scan a document or code. Rule: Turn physical media into system-accessible data. <a id="variant-g16-06"></a>
- Digitize an object. Rule: Capture a shape, surface or set of properties for model and analysis. <a id="variant-g16-07"></a>
- Set hidden recording. Rule: Place a microphone or camera and receive data without the presence of the player. <a id="variant-g16-08"></a>

## Context and limits

Author's taxonomy of actions, task forms and end-to-end conditions for design. Categories overlap. References support individual families, not every variant.

## Connected materials


## Sources and provenance

Original editorial design catalog consolidated from project discussions on 2026-10-20. Complete discussion item lists and contextual limitations are preserved; linked primary sources support specific techniques, not the entire classification. English translation was prepared with machine assistance and editorial review.

- [Car Mechanic Simulator 2021](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1190000/) (id: source-3444527b51dd6ea2)

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