Phil the Photo Guy

Phil the Photo Guy カメラおやじ Old Man Camera
Overworld model from Pokémon X and Y
Age	Unknown
Gender	Male
Eye color	Unknown
Hair color	Black
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Kalos
Generation	VI
Games	X and Y

Phil the Photo Guy (Japanese: カメラおやじ Old Man Camera) is a non-player character in Pokémon X and Y. He takes pictures of the player at various locations in Kalos.

In the core series games

When the player interacts with a Photo Spot, they can call Phil the Photo Guy to take a picture of them in the area. Once a photo is taken, it is saved on the SD card of the player's Nintendo 3DS system, and it can also be sent to the Pokémon Global Link via Game Sync. Phil the Photo Guy can also show the player photos that have previously been taken.

Locations

This is a list of Photo Spots that the player can call Phil to:

Location	Sublocation	Photo location
Aquacorde Town	At the top right part of town, past the Potions shop	In front of the arch by Route 1
Parfum Palace	At the bottom right of the front lawn of the palace	In front of the palace gates
Route 7	Outside the entrance to Connecting Cave	In front of the Battle Chateau
Geosenge Town	At the right side of town, by the entrance to Route 11	At the center of town
Shalour City	On the northern beach before the Tower of Mastery	In front of the Tower of Mastery
Azure Bay	On a sand island at the bay's entrance	On a Lapras in the center of the bay
Lumiose City	Outside Prism Tower, close to Vernal Avenue	In front of Prism Tower
Frost Cavern	To the left of the cavern entrance	In front of the cavern entrance
Anistar City	To the right of the sundial	In front of the central garden of the sundial
Couriway Town	Next to Hotel Couriway at the bottom of town	In front of the waterfalls
Snowbelle City	At the bottom part of town	To the left of the Snowbelle Gym
Pokémon League	To the right of the Pokémon Center	In a shallow pool in front of the league building

Quotes

Any Photo Spot

"Hey! What do you want to do?"

Take a photo: "All right. I'll take a great photo! Let's move to the shooting location!"

• After taking a photo

"Yay, this is a great shot!"

View a photo: "Wait a minute, wait a minute! I haven't taken a single photo of you. Let's take at least one photo, OK?" / "Oh, you want to see a photo? Here's the latest photo that I'm proud of!"

About the camera: "A camera is a tool for making photos. To take a photo, press the R button. You can zoom in by pressing right on the Control Pad. Zoom out by pressing left. Press the A Button for manual mode. You can do lots of cool things! Reset the angle by pressing the START button. The photo will be saved to the SD Card, and you can see it with the Nintendo 3DS Camera. Also, you can use Game Sync to send it to the Pokémon Global Link. Take a great photo and dazzle everyone!"

Good-bye: "All right. See ya!"

• If the player gives a tip (any amount)

"Not too shabby at all! You have a natural talent as a model. See ya!"

• If the player does not give a tip

"OK. See ya!"

Lumiose Station

"You know, cameras and railways were first developed around the same time. In short, that means railway enthusiasts like myself have been able to capture these lovelies on film from the start!"

Mamoswine Building

"Looking great! That smile is just the best!"

Trivia

• 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	カメラおやじ Old Man Camera	From camera
English	Phil the Photo Guy	Possibly from film
French	Otto Focus	From autofocus
German	Kamerakauz	From camera and Kauz (codger)
Italian	Sig. Grandangolo	From grandangolo (wide shot, or wide-angle lens)
Korean	카메라아저씨 Kamera Ajeossi	From camera
Spanish	Marco Carrete	From marco (frame) and carrete (camera roll)

Related articles

• Cameron (Johto)

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