A camera monitoring system for motor vehicles, comprising: - image capturing means (1102, 1112) being associated with at least an exterior rear-view mirror (110, 111) of a vehicle, the exterior rear-view mirror (110, 111) being a mounting assembly located at an exterior part of the vehicle, the image capturing means (1102, 1112) being located at the mounting assembly and configured to capture an image from an exterior field of view of the vehicle, wherein the field of view extends at least sideward and rearward outside the vehicle and encompasses a portion of the exterior part of the vehicle; - an electronic control unit, ECU connected to the image capturing means (1102, 1112); wherein the ECU is configured to select at least an image region (210, 211) from the image captured by the image capturing means (1102, 1112), the image region (210, 211) being smaller than the captured image and movable within the captured image; and the camera monitoring system further comprising: at least one display device (100, 101, 102) comprising at least a first screen, located inside the vehicle and connected to the ECU, wherein said first screen is a touch screen, and characterised in that the, at least one, display device (100, 101, 102) comprises i) a first portion in which a touch-and-drag operation of the displayed image is not enabled and ii) a second portion in which the touch-and-drag operation is provided by the touch screen acting as a control surface configured to move the image region (210, 211) within the captured image, the image region (210, 211) being displayed by the first portion and by the second portion of the display device (100, 101, 102). - image capturing means (1102, 1112) being associated with at least an exterior rear-view mirror (110, 111) of a vehicle, the exterior rear-view mirror (110, 111) being a mounting assembly located at an exterior part of the vehicle, the image capturing means (1102, 1112) being located at the mounting assembly and configured to capture an image from an exterior field of view of the vehicle, wherein the field of view extends at least sideward and rearward outside the vehicle and encompasses a portion of the exterior part of the vehicle; - an electronic control unit, ECU connected to the image capturing means (1102, 1112); wherein the ECU is configured to select at least an image region (210, 211) from the image captured by the image capturing means (1102, 1112), the image region (210, 211) being smaller than the captured image and movable within the captured image; and the camera monitoring system further comprising: at least one display device (100, 101, 102) comprising at least a first screen, located inside the vehicle and connected to the ECU, wherein said first screen is a touch screen, and characterised in that the, at least one, display device (100, 101, 102) comprises i) a first portion in which a touch-and-drag operation of the displayed image is not enabled and ii) a second portion in which the touch-and-drag operation is provided by the touch screen acting as a control surface configured to move the image region (210, 211) within the captured image, the image region (210, 211) being displayed by the first portion and by the second portion of the display device (100, 101, 102).