Method of operating a camera system and camera system

A method of operating a camera system having an image sensor including a plurality of activatable image elements, wherein an active image element converts incoming radiation into readable image information, a radiation source including a plurality of activatable radiation elements, each active radiation element emitting electromagnetic radiation, and an integrated circuit coupled to the radiation source, the method including capturing at least one image, wherein during capturing of each single image different subsets of the image elements are successively each once activated and deactivated again after a predetermined exposure time, different subsets of the radiation elements are successively activated by the integrated circuit and deactivated again after a predetermined emission time, and each subset of the image elements is assigned a subset of the radiation elements activated with temporal overlap so that the active radiation elements emit radiation while the associated active image elements receive image information.