Operating device for opening a vehicle lock of a vehicle, comprising: - an operating handle that can be mounted in an opening of an exterior skin of a vehicle body, wherein the operating handle can be moved from a rest position into an actuated position in order to open the vehicle lock, wherein the operating handle, in the rest position, substantially closes the opening in the exterior skin and, in the actuated position, projects at least partially from the exterior skin, and - a camera module comprising a pivoting mechanism and a camera, wherein the pivoting mechanism comprises: - a vehicle-side component which can be attached to the vehicle (1; 23), - a first rotary joint which is attached to the vehicle-side component, - a first pivot arm having a first end, a second end and a first length, wherein the first end is rotatably mounted on the first rotary joint, - a second rotary joint which is attached to the vehicle-side component at a first distance from the first rotary joint, - a second pivot arm having a first end, a second end and a second length, wherein the first end is rotatably mounted on the second rotary joint, - a camera holder on which the camera is mounted, - a third rotary joint which is attached to the camera holder and on which the second end of the first pivot arm is rotatably mounted, and - a fourth rotary joint which is attached to the camera holder at a second distance from the third rotary joint and on which the second end of the second pivot arm is rotatably mounted, wherein the vehicle-side component comprises a housing with an opening, wherein the first distance, the second distance, the first length and the second length of the pivoting mechanism are dimensioned such that the camera is movable between a first position and a second position in relation to the housing, wherein the camera, in the first position, is arranged in the interior of the housing, and wherein the camera, in the second position, projects at least partially outward through the opening of the housing, wherein the camera module can be mounted in an interior region of the vehicle (1; 23) within the exterior skin such that the opening of the housing and the opening in the exterior skin are situated opposite one another such that the camera, in the second position, projects at least partially outward through the opening of the housing and through the opening in the exterior skin. - an operating handle that can be mounted in an opening of an exterior skin of a vehicle body, wherein the operating handle can be moved from a rest position into an actuated position in order to open the vehicle lock, wherein the operating handle, in the rest position, substantially closes the opening in the exterior skin and, in the actuated position, projects at least partially from the exterior skin, and - a camera module comprising a pivoting mechanism and a camera, - a vehicle-side component which can be attached to the vehicle (1; 23), - a first rotary joint which is attached to the vehicle-side component, - a first pivot arm having a first end, a second end and a first length, wherein the first end is rotatably mounted on the first rotary joint, - a second rotary joint which is attached to the vehicle-side component at a first distance from the first rotary joint, - a second pivot arm having a first end, a second end and a second length, wherein the first end is rotatably mounted on the second rotary joint, - a camera holder on which the camera is mounted, - a third rotary joint which is attached to the camera holder and on which the second end of the first pivot arm is rotatably mounted, and - a fourth rotary joint which is attached to the camera holder at a second distance from the third rotary joint and on which the second end of the second pivot arm is rotatably mounted,