An apparatus for capturing one or more images , which carries out its capture operations in two phases, an image capture setup phase and an actual image capture phase, comprising: - means for determining a reference axis whose direction is either based on the direction of the gravitational force or defined by a user of said apparatus; - a body that can be freely tilted relative to said reference axis through the effects of a rotation about a certain axis of rotation, said axis of rotation being fixed with respect to said apparatus; - an optical sensor device capable of capturing luminous radiation incident thereon and of converting it so that it is stored into a physical medium in the form of a captured image, wherein said optical sensor device is able of being controllably rotated about said rotation axis by the action of motor means ; - inclination sensor means adapted to measure, in terms of angular offset, the inclination of said optical sensor device with respect to said reference axis during said setup phase; wherein said motor means is adapted to rotate, under the control of processing and control means , said optical sensor device about said rotation axis, and - wherein said processing and control means are adapted to acquire during said setup phase said value of inclination, undergone by said optical sensor device , from said inclination sensor means , characterized in that , in event of detecting an undesired inclination of said optical sensor device with respect to said reference axis, said processing and control means command said motor means to rotate said optical sensor device by an angle having the same absolute value and the opposite sign of said measured angular offset, causing in said setup phase a variation in the inclination of said optical sensor device which enables it capturing said luminous radiation with a substantially null angular offset with respect to said reference axis. - means for determining a reference axis whose direction is either based on the direction of the gravitational force or defined by a user of said apparatus; - a body that can be freely tilted relative to said reference axis through the effects of a rotation about a certain axis of rotation, said axis of rotation being fixed with respect to said apparatus; - an optical sensor device capable of capturing luminous radiation incident thereon and of converting it so that it is stored into a physical medium in the form of a captured image, wherein said optical sensor device is able of being controllably rotated about said rotation axis by the action of motor means ; - inclination sensor means adapted to measure, in terms of angular offset, the inclination of said optical sensor device with respect to said reference axis during said setup phase; wherein said motor means is adapted to rotate, under the control of processing and control means , said optical sensor device about said rotation axis, and - wherein said processing and control means are adapted to acquire during said setup phase said value of inclination, undergone by said optical sensor device , from said inclination sensor means , characterized in that , in event of detecting an undesired inclination of said optical sensor device with respect to said reference axis, said processing and control means command said motor means to rotate said optical sensor device by an angle having the same absolute value and the opposite sign of said measured angular offset, causing in said setup phase a variation in the inclination of said optical sensor device which enables it capturing said luminous radiation with a substantially null angular offset with respect to said reference axis. <EOS>