X-ray system, having - a carrying device (10, 210), which has -- a suspension device (14, 214), -- a first carrier element (11, 211) arranged on the suspension device, -- a second carrier element (12, 212), -- a first connecting element (21, 221), wherein the second carrier element (12, 212) is connected to the first carrier element (11, 211) by means of the first connecting element (21, 221), -- a third carrier element (13, 213) and -- a second connecting element (22, 222), wherein the third carrier element (13, 213) is connected to the second carrier element (12, 212) by means of the second connecting element (22, 222), and has - a retaining device which is connected to the third carrier element (13, 213) and has a C-arm, at the ends of which an X-ray tube assembly and an X-ray detector are arranged, and a connecting device, - wherein the first connecting element (21, 221) and/or the second connecting element (22, 222) have/has a revolute joint (23, 223), the distance between the suspension device (14, 214) and the first connecting element (21, 221) is variable by means of the first carrier element (11, 211), and the distance between the first connecting element (21, 221) and the second connecting element (22, 222) is variable by means of the second carrier element (12, 212), - wherein the X-ray tube assembly and the X-ray detector are arranged so as to be movable by means of a movement of the C-arm relative to the connecting device along a first path which is predefined by the shape of the C-arm and is part of a circle of rotation and the arc length of which corresponds to a first angle, characterised in that the X-ray tube assembly and the X-ray detector are arranged so as to be movable by means of the first carrier element (11, 211), the revolute joint (23, 223), the second carrier element (12, 212) and the movement of the C-arm relative to the connecting device along a second path which is part of the circle of rotation and the arc length of which corresponds to a second angle, wherein the second angle is greater than the first angle. - a carrying device (10, 210), which has -- a suspension device (14, 214), -- a first carrier element (11, 211) arranged on the suspension device, -- a second carrier element (12, 212), -- a first connecting element (21, 221), wherein the second carrier element (12, 212) is connected to the first carrier element (11, 211) by means of the first connecting element (21, 221), -- a third carrier element (13, 213) and -- a second connecting element (22, 222), wherein the third carrier element (13, 213) is connected to the second carrier element (12, 212) by means of the second connecting element (22, 222), and has -- a suspension device (14, 214), -- a first carrier element (11, 211) arranged on the suspension device, -- a second carrier element (12, 212), -- a first connecting element (21, 221), wherein the second carrier element (12, 212) is connected to the first carrier element (11, 211) by means of the first connecting element (21, 221), -- a third carrier element (13, 213) and -- a second connecting element (22, 222), wherein the third carrier element (13, 213) is connected to the second carrier element (12, 212) by means of the second connecting element (22, 222), and has - a retaining device which is connected to the third carrier element (13, 213) and has a C-arm, at the ends of which an X-ray tube assembly and an X-ray detector are arranged, and a connecting device, - wherein the first connecting element (21, 221) and/or the second connecting element (22, 222) have/has a revolute joint (23, 223), the distance between the suspension device (14, 214) and the first connecting element (21, 221) is variable by means of the first carrier element (11, 211), and the distance between the first connecting element (21, 221) and the second connecting element (22, 222) is variable by means of the second carrier element (12, 212), - wherein the X-ray tube assembly and the X-ray detector are arranged so as to be movable by means of a movement of the C-arm relative to the connecting device along a first path which is predefined by the shape of the C-arm and is part of a circle of rotation and the arc length of which corresponds to a first angle, characterised in that the X-ray tube assembly and the X-ray detector are arranged so as to be movable by means of the first carrier element (11, 211), the revolute joint (23, 223), the second carrier element (12, 212) and the movement of the C-arm relative to the connecting device along a second path which is part of the circle of rotation and the arc length of which corresponds to a second angle, wherein the second angle is greater than the first angle.