diff --git a/adapters/fparkan-render-vulkan/src/ffi/smoke.rs b/adapters/fparkan-render-vulkan/src/ffi/smoke.rs
index 5db7e3b..63066b4 100644
--- a/adapters/fparkan-render-vulkan/src/ffi/smoke.rs
+++ b/adapters/fparkan-render-vulkan/src/ffi/smoke.rs
@@ -314,6 +314,32 @@ impl VulkanSmokeRenderer {
         self.swapchain_recreate_count
     }
 
+    /// Returns the camera that will be uploaded for the next recorded frame.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub const fn camera(&self) -> super::VulkanStaticCamera {
+        self.camera
+    }
+
+    /// Replaces the camera for subsequent frames without recreating GPU resources.
+    ///
+    /// # Errors
+    ///
+    /// Returns [`VulkanSmokeRendererError::InvalidStaticCamera`] when a matrix
+    /// element is non-finite. The caller must update only between
+    /// [`Self::draw_frame`] calls on the renderer-owning thread.
+    pub fn set_camera(
+        &mut self,
+        camera: super::VulkanStaticCamera,
+    ) -> Result<(), VulkanSmokeRendererError> {
+        if !camera.is_finite() {
+            return Err(VulkanSmokeRendererError::InvalidStaticCamera {
+                context: "non-finite clip_from_world matrix",
+            });
+        }
+        self.camera = camera;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     /// Explicitly idles and tears down the renderer while the native window is still alive.
     ///
     /// # Errors
diff --git a/adapters/fparkan-render-vulkan/src/ffi/smoke_types.rs b/adapters/fparkan-render-vulkan/src/ffi/smoke_types.rs
index 14301f2..47cab7d 100644
--- a/adapters/fparkan-render-vulkan/src/ffi/smoke_types.rs
+++ b/adapters/fparkan-render-vulkan/src/ffi/smoke_types.rs
@@ -72,9 +72,23 @@ impl VulkanStaticCamera {
     ) -> Option<Self> {
         let view = transform.try_direct3d7_view_row_major()?;
         let projection = projection.try_direct3d7_projection_row_major()?;
-        Some(Self {
-            clip_from_world: multiply_row_major(view, projection),
-        })
+        Self::from_row_major_view_projection(view, projection)
+    }
+
+    /// Builds a camera from finite row-major view and projection matrices.
+    ///
+    /// This is the runtime-facing form of the contract. It is intentionally
+    /// independent of the D3D7 recovery path so a future native camera
+    /// controller can submit its per-frame matrices without recreating Vulkan
+    /// resources.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn from_row_major_view_projection(view: [f32; 16], projection: [f32; 16]) -> Option<Self> {
+        view.iter()
+            .chain(projection.iter())
+            .all(|value| value.is_finite())
+            .then_some(Self {
+                clip_from_world: multiply_row_major(view, projection),
+            })
     }
 
     /// Returns whether every matrix element is finite.
@@ -343,6 +357,22 @@ mod static_mesh_tests {
         assert_eq!(camera.clip_from_world[7], 0.65_f32.sin());
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn static_camera_accepts_finite_runtime_matrices_and_rejects_nan() {
+        let identity = VulkanStaticCamera::default().clip_from_world;
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            VulkanStaticCamera::from_row_major_view_projection(identity, identity),
+            Some(VulkanStaticCamera::default())
+        );
+        let mut invalid = identity;
+        invalid[5] = f32::NAN;
+        assert_eq!(
+            VulkanStaticCamera::from_row_major_view_projection(invalid, identity),
+            None
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn static_mesh_rejects_bad_triangle_topology_and_indices() {
         let no_vertices = VulkanStaticMesh {
diff --git a/apps/fparkan-vulkan-smoke/src/main.rs b/apps/fparkan-vulkan-smoke/src/main.rs
index dea15b4..ec2d19c 100644
--- a/apps/fparkan-vulkan-smoke/src/main.rs
+++ b/apps/fparkan-vulkan-smoke/src/main.rs
@@ -1242,6 +1242,11 @@ impl ApplicationHandler for SmokeApp {
                     event_loop.exit();
                     return;
                 };
+                if let Err(error) = renderer.set_camera(VulkanStaticCamera::default()) {
+                    self.error = Some(error.to_string());
+                    event_loop.exit();
+                    return;
+                }
                 match renderer.draw_frame() {
                     Ok(VulkanSmokeFrameOutcome::Presented) => {
                         self.frames_presented = self.frames_presented.saturating_add(1);
diff --git a/docs/tomes/05-render.md b/docs/tomes/05-render.md
index 19f1f92..a3165c3 100644
--- a/docs/tomes/05-render.md
+++ b/docs/tomes/05-render.md
@@ -1437,6 +1437,15 @@ on its XY diagnostic projection until a runtime supplies a real legacy camera;
 selecting source-world coordinates with identity camera would be a misleading
 empty/off-screen viewer rather than a compatibility result.
 
+`VulkanSmokeRenderer::set_camera` now accepts a new finite camera between frame
+submissions and uses it for the next command buffer without rebuilding the
+swapchain, buffers, descriptors or pipelines. `VulkanStaticCamera` also accepts
+generic finite row-major view/projection pairs, so the final game camera
+controller need not be coupled to the D3D7 recovery type. The native Windows
+smoke executes that update before each of 300 validation-clean frames. This is
+the renderer-side cadence contract only; it does not yet supply a gameplay
+camera controller or claim camera movement parity.
+
 A fresh no-input launch of the canonical `iron_3d.exe` did create a responsive
 window titled `Parkan. Железная Стратегия`. A read-only probe then requested
 `PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION | PROCESS_VM_READ` and attempted to read the known