mount 4 screw connection 29 which is formed when screw in element 17 is screwed into internal thread 28 of objective lens mount 4 fixes lens stack 5 in place inside the objective lens mount the front housing shell illustrated in fig1 of housing 2 of a camera able to be used in motor vehicles may be made of a metal material die cast aluminum for instance or thixomold are suitable as metal materials front housing shell 3 illustrated in fig1 may also be produced by deep drawing when a metal material is used front housing shell 3 is impervious to the ingress of water vapor as an alternative front housing shell 3 to which a connection point 32 for a rear housing shell not shown of the camera able to be used in motor vehicles may be connected can also be produced from plastic reinforced with glass fiber if such a material is chosen its imperviousness to water vapor may be achieved by a metal film deposited with the aid of plasma coating technology front housing shells 3 of housing 2 of the camera able to be used in motor vehicles may be produced by way of the shared component method if a metal material is used post machining of objective lens mount 4 may be carried out by chip forming machining methods such as post lathing in order to adapt the length of objective lens mount 4 to the height of lens stack 5 i e the number of individual lenses included therein as a result a base element.