diff --git a/examples/pybullet/pybullet.c b/examples/pybullet/pybullet.c
index 9f2919ded..e24a2470c 100644
--- a/examples/pybullet/pybullet.c
+++ b/examples/pybullet/pybullet.c
@@ -942,6 +942,32 @@ static int pybullet_internalSetMatrix(PyObject* objMat, float matrix[16])
     return 0;
 }
 
+// internal function to set a float vector[3]
+// used to initialize camera position with
+// a view and projection matrix in renderImage()
+//
+// // Args:
+//  matrix - float[16] which will be set by values from objMat
+static int pybullet_internalSetVector(PyObject* objMat, float vector[3])
+{
+    int i, len;
+    PyObject* seq;
+
+    seq = PySequence_Fast(objMat, "expected a sequence");
+    len = PySequence_Size(objMat);
+    if (len==3)
+    {
+        for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
+        {
+            vector[i] = pybullet_internalGetFloatFromSequence(seq,i);
+        }
+        Py_DECREF(seq);
+        return 1;
+    }
+    Py_DECREF(seq);
+    return 0;
+}
+
 // Render an image from the current timestep of the simulation
 //
 // Examples:
@@ -961,10 +987,21 @@ static PyObject* pybullet_renderImage(PyObject* self, PyObject* args)
   ///request an image from a simulated camera, using a software renderer.
   struct b3CameraImageData imageData;
   PyObject* objViewMat,* objProjMat;
-  int width,  height;
+  PyObject* objCameraPos,*objTargetPos,* objCameraUp;
+
+  int width, height;
   int size= PySequence_Size(args);
   float viewMatrix[16];
   float projectionMatrix[16];
+  
+  float cameraPos[3];
+  float targetPos[3];
+  float cameraUp[3];
+
+  float left, right, bottom, top, aspect;
+  float nearVal, farVal;
+  // float nearVal = .001;
+  // float farVal = 1000;
 
   // inialize cmd
   b3SharedMemoryCommandHandle command;
@@ -1001,6 +1038,47 @@ static PyObject* pybullet_renderImage(PyObject* self, PyObject* args)
        }
    }
 
+   if (size==5) // set camera resoluation and view and projection matrix
+   {
+     if (PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "iiOOOii", &width, &height, &objCameraPos, &objTargetPos, &objCameraUp, &nearVal, &farVal))
+     {
+       b3RequestCameraImageSetPixelResolution(command,width,height);
+       if (pybullet_internalSetVector(objCameraPos, cameraPos) &&
+           pybullet_internalSetVector(objTargetPos, targetPos) &&
+           pybullet_internalSetVector(objCameraUp, cameraUp))
+           {
+              // printf("\ncamera pos:\n");
+              //   for(int i =0;i<3; i++) {
+              //     printf(" %f", cameraPos[i]);
+              //   }
+              // 
+              //   printf("\ntargetPos pos:\n");
+              //     for(int i =0;i<3; i++) {
+              //       printf(" %f", targetPos[i]);
+              //     }
+              // 
+              //   printf("\ncameraUp pos:\n");
+              //     for(int i =0;i<3; i++) {
+              //       printf(" %f", cameraUp[i]);
+              //     }
+              //     printf("\n");
+                b3RequestCameraImageSetViewMatrix(command, cameraPos, targetPos, cameraUp);
+                // printf("\n");
+
+           }
+           
+           aspect = width/height;
+           left = -aspect * nearVal;
+           right = aspect * nearVal;
+           bottom = -nearVal;
+           top = nearVal;
+           
+           b3RequestCameraImageSetProjectionMatrix(command, left, right, bottom, top, nearVal, farVal);
+          //  printf("\n");
+
+      }
+    }
+    
 	if (b3CanSubmitCommand(sm))
 	{
 		b3SharedMemoryStatusHandle statusHandle;
@@ -1396,6 +1474,13 @@ static PyMethodDef SpamMethods[] = {
     ////todo(erwincoumans)
     //collision info
     //raycast info
+        
+    //applyBaseForce
+    //applyLinkForce
+     
+	{"renderImage", pybullet_renderImage, METH_VARARGS,
+	"Render an image (given the pixel resolution width, height, view matrix, projection matrix, near and far vlues), and return the 8-8-8bit RGB pixel data and floating point depth values"},	
+	
 
     {NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}        /* Sentinel */
 };