diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_ass.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_ass.py
index 3ce1f2ccf1..69af4c777d 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_ass.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_ass.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import pyblish.api
 class CollectAssData(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
     """Collect Ass data."""
 
+    # Offset to be after renderable camera collection.
     order = pyblish.api.CollectorOrder + 0.2
     label = 'Collect Ass'
     families = ["ass"]
@@ -25,7 +26,8 @@ class CollectAssData(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
                 instance.data['setMembers'] = members
                 self.log.debug('content members: {}'.format(members))
             elif objset.startswith("proxy_SET"):
-                assert len(members) == 1, "You have multiple proxy meshes, please only use one"
+                msg = "You have multiple proxy meshes, please only use one"
+                assert len(members) == 1, msg
                 instance.data['proxy'] = members
                 self.log.debug('proxy members: {}'.format(members))
 
@@ -35,4 +37,17 @@ class CollectAssData(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
             group = re.compile(r" \[.*\]")
             instance.data["label"] = group.sub("", instance.data["label"])
 
+        # Use camera in object set if present else default to render globals
+        # camera.
+        cameras = cmds.ls(type="camera", long=True)
+        renderable = [c for c in cameras if cmds.getAttr("%s.renderable" % c)]
+        camera = renderable[0]
+        for node in instance.data["setMembers"]:
+            camera_shapes = cmds.listRelatives(
+                node, shapes=True, type="camera"
+            )
+            if camera_shapes:
+                camera = node
+        instance.data["camera"] = camera
+
         self.log.debug("data: {}".format(instance.data))