There are cameras on several islands:
Nabooti Island - get the gold nugget from the second palm tree at Kaya Forests and buy a camera at Nabooti, to use on the safari.
Cryptids island - at Loch Ness, help the man by letting air out of the trailer tires, and he will give you a camera, to use in the Himalayas
Zomberry Island - in the apartment of the video gamer is a camera with a flash, that you can use to chase away Zombies
Back Lot Island - you get a telephoto camera from the gossip writer, and some film from the man at the wax museum, while trying to get a photo inside the closed studio
There is no camera as an item on Counterfeit Island.
Yes, in order to complete the island you need the camera.
There is no camera !
well......
with a camera
The "camera in the potted plant" refers to the Headquarters on Spy Island. For Nabooti Island, you have to buy a camera. Go to the Kaya Forests and find the gold nugget in the top of the plam tree (near the second hut). Take it back to Nabooti and trade it for a digital camera, to use on safari.
In Nabooti island, you have to get the camera to help Big Zeke on the Safari. To get the camera, go to the Kaya Forests where you will find a gold nugget on the top of the palm tree next to the second hut. Swap the nugget for a camera at Nabooti.
In Nabooti.
the camera
take a picture
You get the camera from the gossip magazine guy, Harvey Scoops, who is standing near the closed studio at the far right of the island (Sunrise Street).
"Hidden cameras" are not a noted feature except on Spy Island, where there are several. On Nabooti Island, you can buy a digital camera for use on the safari. (Find a gold nugget in the palm at Kaya Forests and buy the camera at Nabooti.)