the second module 40 in the present case the activation element 60 is configured as a push and pull rod 62 the activation element 60 is connected to the connection element 43 in the second module 40 this connection element 43 is also horizontally displaced by the gear mechanism 42 the gear mechanism 42 is itself driven by a drive 41 it is also conceivable that the drive 41 also acts directly on the activation element 60 both the connection element 26 and the connection element 43 can be articulated to the rod like activation element after the protective flap 22 has been opened by mechanism 23 by means of activation element 60 the moving camera unit 21 is also moved from a rest position iib into the recording position ib in its movement direction 21 3 the closure process for the first module 20 occurs in reverse in which the camera unit 21 is initially moved in the opposite movement direction 21 3 so that the protective element 22 can then change into the closed position ia from its open position iia another variant of the image acquisition system 10 according to the invention is shown in fig4 here the first module 20 includes not only the camera unit 21 but also an operating element 25 so that the trunk lid 12 can be opened both the camera unit 21 and the operating element 25 are protected in the closed position ia from external environmental effects by the protective element 22 as also follows from fig5 which shows a cross section through the first module from fig4 the camera unit 21 and the operating element 25 are arranged next to each other the image signal obtained by the camera unit 21 is sent.