System for videographic or photographic parallel capture of images, in particular of samples in the plurality of sample chambers of a sample plate, preferably of a microtitre plate, comprising at least one array of microscopes (2, 8) having mutually parallel optical axes, each microscope comprising a dedicated image recorder chip and a dedicated objective, the system a. comprising at least one carrier circuit board, on the surface of which all the image recorder chips of all the microscopes (2, 8) of an array are jointly secured adjacently to one another in a row and column arrangement, b. comprising an array of objectives, in particular microscope objectives, with a corresponding row and column arrangement, the array being arranged in front of the image recorder chips in the direction of the optical axes, c. comprising electronics which carry out the image data processing and by means of which, from the data stream of a respective image recorder chip, images and image series are generable which are able to be taken as a basis for image evaluation, characterized in that d. the electronics which carry out the image data processing are arranged at least partly on the same carrier circuit board on which all the image recorder chips of the array are secured, and the effective array size of the system is composed of a plurality of arrays of different carrier circuit boards, for which a plurality of carrier circuit boards are arranged adjacently to one another in a common securing plane, and wherein e. the electronics of each carrier circuit board are arranged laterally next to the array of image recorder chips and/or behind the array of image recorder chips, and f. the adjacent carrier circuit boards adjoin one another by way of their sides that are kept free of the electronics. a. comprising at least one carrier circuit board, on the surface of which all the image recorder chips of all the microscopes (2, 8) of an array are jointly secured adjacently to one another in a row and column arrangement, b. comprising an array of objectives, in particular microscope objectives, with a corresponding row and column arrangement, the array being arranged in front of the image recorder chips in the direction of the optical axes, c. comprising electronics which carry out the image data processing and by means of which, from the data stream of a respective image recorder chip, images and image series are generable which are able to be taken as a basis for image evaluation, characterized in that d. the electronics which carry out the image data processing are arranged at least partly on the same carrier circuit board on which all the image recorder chips of the array are secured, and the effective array size of the system is composed of a plurality of arrays of different carrier circuit boards, for which a plurality of carrier circuit boards are arranged adjacently to one another in a common securing plane, and wherein e. the electronics of each carrier circuit board are arranged laterally next to the array of image recorder chips and/or behind the array of image recorder chips, and f. the adjacent carrier circuit boards adjoin one another by way of their sides that are kept free of the electronics.