Dental image capturing device, with a camera unit for taking stereoscopic images, which has at least two camera modules (14, 16), and with at least one control and/or regulation unit processing the signals of the camera unit and providing at least one output signal that is configured to be fed to a display unit, the at least one control and/or regulation unit comprising at least one memory element which at least one data profile is stored on, and with at least one sensor unit which is connected to the at least one control and/or regulation unit, the at least one control and/or regulation unit being configured, depending on a signal of the at least one sensor unit, to autonomously select a data profile stored on the at least one memory element of the at least one control and/or regulation unit, characterised in that on the at least one memory element at least one data profile is stored that is assigned to a material, wherein a data profile is to mean a dataset comprising one or several settings and/or configurations, the dataset being for example assigned to a material and/or to a user and/or to an application and/or to a patient, and wherein a material is to mean a material of an object that is to be observed, wherein the at least one control and/or regulation unit is configured to adapt the signals of the camera unit and/or an output signal depending on a selected data profile that is stored on the memory element, wherein on the at least one memory element several data profiles are stored which are respectively assigned to a material, the data profiles being designed, for an advantageous illumination of the material, to adapt the illumination setting of an illumination unit, at the same time avoiding reflections. with a camera unit for taking stereoscopic images, which has at least two camera modules (14, 16), and with at least one control and/or regulation unit processing the signals of the camera unit and providing at least one output signal that is configured to be fed to a display unit, the at least one control and/or regulation unit comprising at least one memory element which at least one data profile is stored on, and with at least one sensor unit which is connected to the at least one control and/or regulation unit, the at least one control and/or regulation unit being configured, depending on a signal of the at least one sensor unit, to autonomously select a data profile stored on the at least one memory element of the at least one control and/or regulation unit, characterised in that on the at least one memory element at least one data profile is stored that is assigned to a material, wherein a data profile is to mean a dataset comprising one or several settings and/or configurations, the dataset being for example assigned to a material and/or to a user and/or to an application and/or to a patient, and wherein a material is to mean a material of an object that is to be observed, wherein the at least one control and/or regulation unit is configured to adapt the signals of the camera unit and/or an output signal depending on a selected data profile that is stored on the memory element, wherein on the at least one memory element several data profiles are stored which are respectively assigned to a material, the data profiles being designed, for an advantageous illumination of the material, to adapt the illumination setting of an illumination unit, at the same time avoiding reflections.