CAMERA SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE

A camera system for a vehicle comprises an image acquisition unit 2 with an image sensor 4, an optical element 3 and at least one IR blocking filter 5 for capturing image data of an object, a processing unit which processes the image data captured by the image acquisition unit 2 for displaying the object 7 on a display unit 9, and at least one illumination unit 10 which illuminates the object 7 with light 12 that has a wavelength at least partially in the upper range 13 of the sensitivity of the human eye and at least partially below a blocking limit of the IR blocking filter 5.