Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for measuring form parameters of items (2) utilizing a camera (10). According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, use is made of a camera (10) which is sensitive to infrared light, and, while passing through a field of view (11) of the camera (10), the items are illuminated with light flashes of approximately 1 ms by solid state LEDs (41), which are arranged at the centerline of the items (2) and produce a light beam (43) which includes an angle of approximately 45 DEG with the direction of conveyance of the items (2). IMAGE
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