Stereo camera for a vehicle comprising a first camera (1.1), which has a first image sensor (1.11) and the camera field of view of which has a first aperture angle (α1), and a second camera (1.2), which has a second image sensor (1.21) and the camera field of view of which has a second aperture angle (α2), wherein the first and second image sensors (1.11, 1.21) are configured with identical pixel densities and each have a size adapted to the aperture angle (α1, α2), wherein the second aperture angle (α2) is greater than the first aperture angle (α1) in the vertical and horizontal directions, characterized in that - the first camera (1.1) has a first lens optical unit (1.12) and the second camera (1.2) has a second lens optical unit (1.22), wherein both the first lens optical unit (1.12) and the second lens optical unit (1.22) are configured with an angular resolution that is higher in a central region (Z1, Z2) of the camera field of view (S1, S2) lying in the angular range (α11, α21) around the optical axis by comparison with outside the central region (Z1, Z2), and - the first and second cameras (1.1, 1.2) are arranged in relation to one another such that their camera fields of view (S1, S2) overlap symmetrically, wherein the first camera (1.1) has an image evaluation unit (1.13) and the second camera (1.2) has an image evaluation unit (1.23) and wherein the image evaluation units (1.13, 1.23) control the image sensors (1.11, 1.21) such that the image sensor pixels of the first and second image sensors (1.11, 1.21) are exposed and read out line by line by a procedure in which, after a start of exposure of the larger image sensor (1.21), the exposure of the smaller image sensor (1.11) begins when the first line of the smaller image sensor (1.11) is reached in the case of the larger image sensor (1.21), wherein virtual columns are in each case generated marginally in the horizontal direction for the smaller image sensor (1.11) until there is matching correspondence with the number of columns of the larger image sensor (1.21). - the first camera (1.1) has a first lens optical unit (1.12) and the second camera (1.2) has a second lens optical unit (1.22), wherein both the first lens optical unit (1.12) and the second lens optical unit (1.22) are configured with an angular resolution that is higher in a central region (Z1, Z2) of the camera field of view (S1, S2) lying in the angular range (α11, α21) around the optical axis by comparison with outside the central region (Z1, Z2), and - the first and second cameras (1.1, 1.2) are arranged in relation to one another such that their camera fields of view (S1, S2) overlap symmetrically, wherein the first camera (1.1) has an image evaluation unit (1.13) and the second camera (1.2) has an image evaluation unit (1.23) and wherein the image evaluation units (1.13, 1.23) control the image sensors (1.11, 1.21) such that the image sensor pixels of the first and second image sensors (1.11, 1.21) are exposed and read out line by line by a procedure in which, after a start of exposure of the larger image sensor (1.21), the exposure of the smaller image sensor (1.11) begins when the first line of the smaller image sensor (1.11) is reached in the case of the larger image sensor (1.21), wherein virtual columns are in each case generated marginally in the horizontal direction for the smaller image sensor (1.11) until there is matching correspondence with the number of columns of the larger image sensor (1.21).