METHOD FOR OPERATING A CAMERA IN DEPENDENCY ON A CURRENT STATE OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL REGION OF THE CAMERA, CAMERA, AND MOTOR VEHICLE

The invention relates to a method for operating a camera (2) for a motor vehicle (1), in which an environmental region (7) of the motor vehicle (1) is captured by means of the camera (2) and the following steps are performed: a) determining a state indicator (12), which is characteristic of a current state of the environmental region (7) from the perspective of the camera (2); b) comparing the state indicator (12) with a multitude of reference state indicators (14), wherein each of the reference state indicators (14) is assigned to a reference state (16) of a multitude of reference states of the environmental region (7); c) assigning the current state of the environmental region (7) to one of the reference states (16) on the basis of a comparison from step b); d) selecting a camera setting (22) from a collection of camera settings (23) on the basis of the reference state (16) assigned in step c), wherein to each reference state (16) a camera setting (22) from the collection of camera settings (23) is assigned; and e) operating the camera (2) with the camera setting (22) selected in step d).