Take all 50 snapshots in GTA San Andreas and see what the full set gets you

The first camera is at home: in CJ's bedroom on the upper floor of Johnson House in Ganton. GTA Wiki lists it there from the very start of the game, GTABase together with the spray can after the mission Tagging Up Turf, and iGrandTheftAuto simply says “CJ's bedroom”. So you can pick up the camera while still in Los Santos.

In San Fierro the camera spawns at several spots, not far from the snapshot points themselves. If you take it, it respawns after a while. According to PowerPyx, two handy permanent spots are the grass by the entrance to Easter Bay Airport and the parking lot by the radio tower on Missionary Hill. Both are close to snapshots No. 4 and No. 7.

Sources disagree on how many shots the camera holds. iGrandTheftAuto and PowerPyx say 50, so one camera covers the whole collection if you don't miss. GTA Wiki says 36. Don't waste shots: if you run out, a fresh camera is never far from the snapshot points.

1. Take out the camera and look through the first-person viewfinder. Without it you can't see the point during the day.
2. Find the round pink icon with a white camera. It rotates.
3. Zoom in so the icon is in the frame, and take the shot.
4. The snapshot counts when yellow text appears on screen and you're paid $100.

Night hint. From 00:00 to 05:00 game time the points glow faintly pink even without the camera. That makes them easier to spot from a distance before you pull out the camera. According to GTA Wiki, at any other time the glow is visible through night-vision goggles.

According to GTA Wiki, the points are there from the very start of the game, but until San Fierro unlocks after the mission "The Green Sabre", entering the city gets you a 4-star wanted level. At the end of the mission "Photo Opportunity" the game itself tells you about snapshots.

You can't miss the collection: you can shoot them in any order, even after the story ends. Check the city districts against the GTA San Andreas map.

The numbers on the map match the tables below (GTA Wiki numbering). The dots are placed by in-game coordinates, so the distances between them are true to the game.

Numbering follows GTA Wiki (Fandom); GTABoss numbers them the same way. PowerPyx and other guides use different numbers, but the set of points is the same. For No. 39, 40 and 44 guides give different landmarks, so we list both.

The weapons in Doherty: Shotgun (pump-action), Micro SMG (Micro Uzi), Sniper Rifle and Grenades. Each one is described on the GTA San Andreas weapons page.

The weapons are not a one-off: according to iGrandTheftAuto, they reappear after you save, and GTA Wiki describes the spot as a weapon spawn point. So you can restock ammo for free by the garage.

• Be careful with No. 28. The missile launchers are on the aircraft carrier at the Easter Basin naval port. Step onto the base and you get a 5-star wanted level. PowerPyx recommends shooting from the railway bridge to the north.
• Start at the airport. There's a camera by Easter Bay Airport, and No. 1–4 are close by. From there, head to Foster Valley and Missionary Hill (No. 5–7).
• Garver Bridge early in the game. According to iGrandTheftAuto, the bridge is blocked by an invisible wall at first, so for snapshots No. 25–26 you will have to fly in or come back later.

An overview of all four sets is in the collectibles section, and the full task list is on the GTA San Andreas 100% page.

• Definitive Edition (2021). The same 50 points, the same $100,000 and the same weapons in Doherty. There's no separate achievement for snapshots; the collection counts toward the Remastered 100% achievement (see achievements).
• DE patch of February 28, 2022. Rockstar fixed a bug that made snapshot icons visible without the camera while CJ was on the phone. The same patch removed the oversized "crown" marker on The Panopticon in the mission "Photo Opportunity".
• The 2013 mobile version and the Netflix version. Guides describe no snapshot differences; more on these versions is on the GTA San Andreas mobile page.