Abstract: The invention relates to a camera system (10) for vehicles that includes multiple cameras (12, 14, 16, 18) which are interconnected via a network (20, 22, 24, 26) with a ring topology, wherein each camera is configured to perform image processing of captured images and wherein each camera is further configured to transmit captured images and/or image processing results to other cameras in the network for image processing by these cameras or for supporting the image processing performed by these cameras, such that the computing load of image processing in the network is distributed among multiple cameras or the computing load of image processing performed by cameras in the network is reduced.