A method for setting camera parameters of a camera, the method comprising: obtaining a first set of image characteristic values of images captured by the camera at a first lighting condition, the image characteristics being dependent on the camera parameters comprising aperture, gain, and/or shutter speed, at least two image characteristic values of the first set respectively corresponding to at least two different values of a same camera parameter, wherein the image characteristics comprise noise, blur, and/or contrast; predicting relationships between the image characteristics and at least one camera parameter at a current second lighting condition; obtaining at least one scene-dependent parameter value of images captured by the camera at the first lighting condition, wherein the at least one scene-dependent parameter comprises a target size and/or a target velocity of at least one target to be identified in the images; predicting , based on the predicted relationships, at least one second set of image characteristic values by adapting values of the obtained first set of image characteristic values on the basis of metrics relating to images captured by the camera at the second lighting condition, at least two image characteristic values of the second set corresponding respectively to at least two different values of a same camera parameter; selecting camera parameter values for the camera, based on the predicted at least one second set of image characteristics and the determined scene-dependent parameter value; and modifying settings of the camera as a function of the selected camera parameter values, wherein the selecting step comprises a step of determining a quality value for each of at least two image characteristic values of the second set respectively corresponding to the at least two different values of the same camera parameter, the quality values being determined as a result of a predetermined function based on image characteristics, on a type of mission chosen by a user to be fulfilled by images obtained from the camera at the second lighting condition and the at least one scene-dependent parameter. obtaining a first set of image characteristic values of images captured by the camera at a first lighting condition, the image characteristics being dependent on the camera parameters comprising aperture, gain, and/or shutter speed, at least two image characteristic values of the first set respectively corresponding to at least two different values of a same camera parameter, wherein the image characteristics comprise noise, blur, and/or contrast; predicting relationships between the image characteristics and at least one camera parameter at a current second lighting condition; obtaining at least one scene-dependent parameter value of images captured by the camera at the first lighting condition, wherein the at least one scene-dependent parameter comprises a target size and/or a target velocity of at least one target to be identified in the images; predicting , based on the predicted relationships, at least one second set of image characteristic values by adapting values of the obtained first set of image characteristic values on the basis of metrics relating to images captured by the camera at the second lighting condition, at least two image characteristic values of the second set corresponding respectively to at least two different values of a same camera parameter; selecting camera parameter values for the camera, based on the predicted at least one second set of image characteristics and the determined scene-dependent parameter value; and modifying settings of the camera as a function of the selected camera parameter values, <EOS>