distance between the lens 3 and the aperture 2 and the focal length of the lens 3 according to the invention the lens 3 is omitted to achieve a more compact camera design in this case the camera 1 corresponds essentially to a pinhole camera for such a camera a spherical sensor would be desirable for optimum image quality however spherical sensors are rather expensive and difficult to manufacture in order to nevertheless enable a satisfactory image quality the flat sensor chip 4 of fig1 is replaced by a volumetric sensor chip 4 the volumetric sensor chip 4 achieves a better image quality than a flat sensor chip with only a slightly more complex production process the principle of the camera 1 according to the present invention is schematically depicted in fig2 optionally a light diverting element 6 is arranged at the edge 7 between neighbouring sensor elements e g a concave cylindrical lens 6 u2032 or an u2018 inverted biprism u2019 6 u2033 this element 6 directs the incoming light away from the edge 7 towards the sensor areas of the sensor chip 4 exemplary designs of the volumetric sensor chip 4 are illustrated in fig3 to 5 a first exemplary design of a volumetric sensor chip 4 is depicted in fig3 the volumetric sensor chip.