The invention relates to a camera shooting direct reading remote water meter device which comprises a mechanical water meter, a transparent plastic cover, an optical reflective lens, a camera lens, a light supplementing light source, a signal processing unit, a communication unit and a PCB. The camera lens, the light supplementing light source, the signal processing unit and the communication unit are installed on the PCB, a character code disc of the mechanical water meter is covered with the transparent plastic cover, the optical reflective lens is installed on the reverse side of a top plate of the transparent plastic cover, the PCB is installed on the inner side face of the transparent plastic cover, and the camera lens is connected with the signal processing unit which is connected with the communication unit. The device is small in data transmission quantity, high in transmission speed and data collection efficiency, small in size and attractive in appearance.