diff --git a/api/datatype.proto b/api/datatype.proto
index 4619d4a..782913e 100644
--- a/api/datatype.proto
+++ b/api/datatype.proto
@@ -107,3 +107,26 @@ message AnnotatedTensor {
   // e.g. pipeline latencies
   map<string, google.protobuf.Value> metadata = 2;
 }
+
+enum PixelFormat {
+  kPixelFormatUnknown = 0;
+  kYUV420_888 = 1;
+  kRGB888 = 2;
+  kRGBA8888 = 3;
+  kGrayscale8 = 4;
+  kRAW10 = 5;
+  kRAW16 = 6;
+  kNV12 = 7;
+  kNV21 = 8;
+}
+
+message ImageFrame {
+  uint32 width = 1;
+  uint32 height = 2;
+  PixelFormat format = 3;
+  uint32 sample_rate_hz = 4;
+  uint64 sequence_number = 5;
+  uint64 timestamp_ns = 6;
+  uint64 unix_timestamp_ns = 7;
+  bytes data = 8;
+}
diff --git a/api/device.proto b/api/device.proto
index 8883fe2..477b509 100644
--- a/api/device.proto
+++ b/api/device.proto
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ message Peripheral {
       kElectricalStimulation = 2;
       kOpticalStimulation = 3;
       kSpikeSource = 4;
+      kCamera = 5;
     }
     string name = 1;
     string vendor = 2;
diff --git a/api/node.proto b/api/node.proto
index f3369c6..2eefb95 100644
--- a/api/node.proto
+++ b/api/node.proto
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import "api/nodes/disk_writer.proto";
 import "api/nodes/spike_source.proto";
 import "api/nodes/spike_binner.proto";
 import "api/nodes/application.proto";
+import "api/nodes/camera.proto";
 
 enum NodeType {
   kNodeTypeUnknown = 0;
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ enum NodeType {
   kDiskWriter = 9;
   kSpikeBinner = 10;
   kApplication = 11;
+  kCamera = 12;
 }
 
 message NodeConfig {
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ message NodeConfig {
     SpikeSourceConfig spike_source = 12;
     SpikeBinnerConfig spike_binner = 13;
     ApplicationNodeConfig application = 14;
+    CameraConfig camera = 15;
   }
 }
 
@@ -63,6 +66,7 @@ message NodeStatus {
     ApplicationNodeStatus application = 7;
     OpticalStimulationStatus optical_stimulation = 8;
     DiskWriterStatus disk_writer = 10;
+    CameraStatus camera = 11;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/api/nodes/camera.proto b/api/nodes/camera.proto
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42ba9c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/nodes/camera.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+package synapse;
+
+import "api/datatype.proto";
+
+message CameraConfig {
+  uint32 peripheral_id = 1;
+  uint32 width = 2;
+  uint32 height = 3;
+  PixelFormat format = 4;
+  uint32 frame_rate_hz = 5;
+}
+
+message CameraStatus {
+  uint64 frames_produced = 1;
+  uint64 frames_dropped = 2;
+}