Endoscope Or Exoscope

An endoscope or exoscope comprising a shaft and at least one objective and at least one electronic image recorder for recording an image of an object field, wherein the at least one objective and the at least one electronic image recorder are arranged in a distal end region of the endoscope or exoscope, and comprising at least one cable, routed within the endoscope or exoscope, for supply of and/or image transmission from the electronic image recorder, characterized in that the electronic image recorder is comprised by an optical unit, which is rotatable about a first axis of rotation identical or approximately parallel to a direction of view of the endoscope or exoscope, and on which the cable is connected and can be wound on a circumferential surface of the optical unit, and in that the distal end region of the endoscope or exoscope comprises a cavity, in which a cable storage for providing and holding a cable section of the cable which is wound or unwound when rotating the optical unit is held.