Patent ID: 7940316

Claim:
A digital motion picture camera ( 10 ) for the taking of motion pictures comprising an optoelectronic sensor device ( 34 ) having a plurality of sensor elements ( 36 ) for the generation of received signals in dependence on the exposure time, a digitizing device ( 40 ) for the digitizing of the received signals and an electronic control device ( 50 ) for the control of the exposure time and the reading out of the received signals and for the evaluation of these received signals, characterized in that a plurality of images (B 1 , B 2 ) taken with different exposure times are combined with one another by means of the control device ( 50 ), with the time centers of the images (B 1 , B 2 ) to be combined with one another between a respective start of recording and a respective end of recording coinciding at least substantially, wherein at least one first image (B 1 ) of relatively longer exposure time and at least one second image (B 2 ) of relatively shorter exposure time having at least substantially coinciding time centers are combined with one another, with the first image (B 1 ) of relatively longer exposure time being assembled from at least two part images (B 1v , B 1n ) taken sequentially in time by means of the control device ( 50 ), namely from a preceding part image (B 1v ) and a succeeding part image (B 1n ) and with the time center of the first image (B 1 ) being defined by the time center between the start of recording of the preceding part image (B 1v ) and the end of recording of the succeeding part image (B 1n ).