Method for inspecting a coated surface for coating defects

A device configured to create an enclosed space to isolate a surface coating from ambient illumination in order to provide predefined photographic acquisition conditions within the enclosed space, the device comprising:

• a housing, the housing being non-transmissive to light,
• one or more light sources,
• at least one device-internal camera inside the housing, the device-internal camera configured to capture an image of the coated surface from within the housing, and/or a camera housing opening in the housing and at least one device-external camera, the device-external camera configured to capture an image of the coated surface through the camera housing opening;
• and
• one or more a sample carrier configured to carry a coated surface and move a position of the coated sample in a vertical direction, or a coated-surface-opening, the coated-surface-opening is an opening within a wall of the housing referred to as contacting wall, the contacting wall being intended for planar contacting of the coated surface.