Patent ID: 8134632

Claim:
A digital motion picture camera, at least comprising an optoelectronic sensor device ( 31 ) for the recording of motion pictures, with the optoelectronic sensor device having, in an areal arrangement, a plurality of sensor elements ( 53 , 55 , 57 ) for the generation of a respective received signal in dependence on a light exposure; a control device ( 45 , 47 ) for the control of the read-out of the received signals of the sensor elements, with the optoelectronic sensor device ( 31 ) being controllable by means of the control device ( 45 , 47 ) for the recording of the motion pictures at a pre-settable variable picture recording frequency; a digitizing device ( 35 ) for the digitizing of the received signals of the sensor elements; an optical viewfinder ( 27 , 29 ) for the visual observation of the motion pictures to be recorded; and a rotationally movable mirror diaphragm ( 15 ) which is disposed upstream of the optoelectronic sensor device ( 31 ), the rotationally movable mirror diaphragm dividing a received beam path ( 13 ) at least into a recorded beam path ( 19 ) for the optoelectronic sensor device and a viewfinder beam path ( 21 ) for the optical viewfinder; wherein the sensor elements ( 53 , 55 , 57 ) are controlled for the successive generation of a plurality of received signals which correspond to different exposure times and are associated with a single motion picture, and wherein after the start of the exposure of the respective sensor elements ( 53 , 55 , 57 ) the received signals of the sensor elements are taken up at a plurality of sequential points in time without a repeated resetting or cancellation of accumulated charge taking place.