Device (1000, 1200, 1300, 1400, 1500) for optical imaging, comprising: at least one micro lens field having at least two micro lenses; an image sensor having at least two image detector matrices; wherein the at least two image detector matrices each include a plurality of image detectors (30', 32a, 32b); wherein an image detector (30', 32a, 32b) corresponds to one pixel of the image sensor; wherein an allocation between the image detector matrices and the micro lenses exists, so that each micro lens together with an image detector matrix which includes a plurality of image detectors (30', 32a, 32b) forms an optical channel; wherein center points (34a, 34b) of different image detector matrices are shifted laterally by different distances, with respect to centroids, projected onto the image detector matrices, of the micro lens apertures (13a, 13b) of the associated optical channels, so that at least two of the optical channels comprise different partially overlapping detection areas and so that an overlapping area of the detection areas of two channels is imaged onto the image detector matrices offset with respect to an image detector raster of the image detector matrices; wherein the overlapping area comprises a plurality of object cells, wherein each of the object cells may be imaged onto at least one image detector of the image sensor; characterized in that a sampling grid is associated with each optical channel; wherein a sampling grid of the first optical channel describes which object cells of the overlapping area are to be imaged onto which image detectors of the image detector matrix of the first optical channel; and wherein a sampling grid of the second optical channel describes which object cells of the overlapping area are to be imaged onto which image detectors of the image detector matrix of the second optical channel; and wherein the sampling grid of the first optical channel is selected such that a first object cell is imaged onto a first image detector of the image detector matrix of the first optical channel and that a second object cell neighboring the first object cell is imaged onto a gap between the first image detector of the image detector matrix of the first optical channel and a second image detector, neighboring the first image detector, of the image detector matrix of the first optical channel; and wherein the sampling grid of the second optical channel is selected such that the second object cell is imaged onto a first image detector of the image detector matrix of the second optical channel and that the first object cell is imaged onto a gap between the first image detector of the image detector matrix of the second optical channel and a second image detector, neighboring the first image detector, of the image detector matrix of the second optical channel. at least one micro lens field having at least two micro lenses; an image sensor having at least two image detector matrices; wherein the at least two image detector matrices each include a plurality of image detectors (30', 32a, 32b); wherein an image detector (30', 32a, 32b) corresponds to one pixel of the image sensor; wherein an allocation between the image detector matrices and the micro lenses exists, so that each micro lens together with an image detector matrix which includes a plurality of image detectors (30', 32a, 32b) forms an optical channel; wherein center points (34a, 34b) of different image detector matrices are shifted laterally by different distances, with respect to centroids, projected onto the image detector matrices, of the micro lens apertures (13a, 13b) of the associated optical channels, so that at least two of the optical channels comprise different partially overlapping detection areas and so that an overlapping area of the detection areas of two channels is imaged onto the image detector matrices offset with respect to an image detector raster of the image detector matrices; wherein the overlapping area comprises a plurality of object cells, wherein each of the object cells may be imaged onto at least one image detector of the image sensor; characterized in that a sampling grid is associated with each optical channel; wherein a sampling grid of the first optical channel describes which object cells of the overlapping area are to be imaged onto which image detectors of the image detector matrix of the first optical channel; and wherein a sampling grid of the second optical channel describes which object cells of the overlapping area are to be imaged onto which image detectors of the image detector matrix of the second optical channel; and wherein the sampling grid of the first optical channel is selected such that a first object cell is imaged onto a first image detector of the image detector matrix of the first optical channel and that a second object cell neighboring the first object cell is imaged onto a gap between the first image detector of the image detector matrix of the first optical channel and a second image detector, neighboring the first image detector, of the image detector matrix of the first optical channel; and wherein the sampling grid of the second optical channel is selected such that the second object cell is imaged onto a first image detector of the image detector matrix of the second optical channel and that the first object cell is imaged onto a gap between the first image detector of the image detector matrix of the second optical channel and a second image detector, neighboring the first image detector, of the image detector matrix of the second optical channel.