The invention relates to a control method and device for rotary cameras and a mobile terminal. The method comprises the steps of determining a first screen area in which slide operation is located and a slide direction of the slide operation in the first screen area according to the slide operation input by a user; determining a rotating direction of the rotary camera corresponding to the first screen area according to the first screen area, the slide direction of the slide operation in the first screen area and a preset mapping relationship; and controlling the rotary camera corresponding to the first screen area to rotate according to the rotating direction. According to the method provided by the embodiment, a user can control different rotary cameras to rotate through sliding in different areas, the user operation is simple, controlled modes of the rotary cameras are rich, and the user experience is greatly improved.