Method for illuminating an operation point

The lamp has a light source (1) for emitting narrowband light, and a detector formed by a camera (2) e.g. charge coupled device camera, that captures an image of a surgical site (3), where the light source is constituted by LEDs. A polarization filter (4) is placed in front of an objective of the surgical site. Two polarization filters (4, 6) are respectively rotatable by two drive units (5, 7), where the filter (6) is provided between the light source and the surgical site. The filter (6) is provided such that a polarizer and an analyzer are respectively formed from the filters. An independent claim is also included for a method for illuminating a surgical site with a surgical lamp. Es wird eine Operationsleuchte bereitgestellt mit einer Lichtquelle (1), einer Kamera (2) und wenigstens einem Polarisationsfilter (4, 6), der drehbar ist, und einer Steuerung (10), die den Polarisationsfilter in Abhängigkeit von den Ergebnissen einer Auswertung des von der Kamera aufgenommenen Bildes steuert.