Recording Camera Movements

Hi
Is there a way to simply record the camera movements in 3d space as i move the camera with the mouse.
In the puppet pin system, i can press the ctrl key and mouse down on one of the pins, as i move the mouse arround, the movements are recorded and i can play back the movement.
With the camera, i would like to move the camera withe the mouse and have those movements be saved. I dont want to dray a path and have the camera follow it, I want to move the camera and see the result as i go and record it all in real time.
I seem to remember something like a null recorder?
Thank You
Jerry C

Window --> Motion Sketch
The data will be 2D, though, so it may still be of limited use. There is no true way to interactively record 3D motion in AE.
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