diff --git a/Examples/Plugins/org.mitk.example.gui.opencv/src/internal/SimpleOpenCVExample.cpp b/Examples/Plugins/org.mitk.example.gui.opencv/src/internal/SimpleOpenCVExample.cpp
index 0938f1d1e4..61d756ded3 100644
--- a/Examples/Plugins/org.mitk.example.gui.opencv/src/internal/SimpleOpenCVExample.cpp
+++ b/Examples/Plugins/org.mitk.example.gui.opencv/src/internal/SimpleOpenCVExample.cpp
@@ -1,90 +1,114 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
 Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
 All rights reserved.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
 even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
 A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
 See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
 
 ===================================================================*/
 
-
 // Blueberry
 #include <berryISelectionService.h>
 #include <berryIWorkbenchWindow.h>
 
 // Qmitk
 #include "SimpleOpenCVExample.h"
 
 // mitk image
 #include <mitkImage.h>
+#include <QTimer>
+#include <mitkIRenderingManager.h>
+
 
-#include "opencv2/opencv.hpp"
 
 const std::string SimpleOpenCVExample::VIEW_ID = "org.mitk.views.simpleopencvexample";
 
-void SimpleOpenCVExample::SetFocus()
-{
-}
+void SimpleOpenCVExample::SetFocus() {}
 
 void SimpleOpenCVExample::CreateQtPartControl(QWidget *parent)
 {
   // create GUI widgets from the Qt Designer's .ui file
   m_Controls.setupUi(parent);
 
   connect(m_Controls.m_StartGrabbing, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(OnStartGrabbing()));
+  connect(m_UpdateTimer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(OnUpdateImage()));
 }
 
-SimpleOpenCVExample::SimpleOpenCVExample() : m_running(false) {
-
-}
-
-SimpleOpenCVExample::~SimpleOpenCVExample()
+SimpleOpenCVExample::SimpleOpenCVExample() : m_running(false), m_UpdateTimer(new QTimer())
 {
-  
 }
 
+SimpleOpenCVExample::~SimpleOpenCVExample() {}
+
 void SimpleOpenCVExample::OnStartGrabbing()
-{	
+{
   if (!m_running)
-    {
+  {
     m_running = true;
     m_Controls.m_StartGrabbing->setText("Stop Video Grabbing");
+    m_VideoCapture = new cv::VideoCapture(); // open the default camera
+    m_VideoCapture->open(m_Controls.m_InputID->value());
+    if (!m_VideoCapture->isOpened())  {return;} // check if we succeeded
+
     if (m_Controls.m_SeparateWindow->isChecked())
+    {
+      cv::namedWindow("Video", 1);
+      while (m_running)
       {
-	      cv::VideoCapture cap = cv::VideoCapture(); // open the default camera
-        cap.open(0);
-        if (!cap.isOpened()) // check if we succeeded
-          return;
-
-        cv::namedWindow("Video", 1);
- 
-        while (m_running)
-        {
-          cv::Mat frame;
-          cap >> frame; // get a new frame from camera
-          imshow("Video", frame);
-
-          // imwrite("C:/temp/output.jpg", frame);
-
-          // Press 'c' to escape
-          if (cv::waitKey(30) == 'c')
-            break;
-        }
+        cv::Mat frame;
+        *m_VideoCapture >> frame; // get a new frame from camera
+        imshow("Video", frame);
+        // Example to write a frame to a file:
+        // imwrite("C:/temp/output.jpg", frame);
+        // Press 'c' to stop the stream
+        if (cv::waitKey(30) == 'c') break;
       }
-  
-  }
-    else
-    {
-      m_running = false;
-      m_Controls.m_StartGrabbing->setText("Start Video Grabbing");
-      cv::destroyWindow("Video");
     }
+    else if (m_Controls.m_MITKImage->isChecked())
+    {
+      mitk::DataNode::Pointer imageNode = mitk::DataNode::New();
+      imageNode->SetName("Open CV Example Image Stream");
+      imageNode->SetData(mitk::Image::New());
+      m_conversionFilter = mitk::OpenCVToMitkImageFilter::New();
+      this->GetDataStorage()->Add(imageNode);
+      OnUpdateImage();
+      // Initialize view on Image
+      mitk::IRenderWindowPart *renderWindow = this->GetRenderWindowPart();
+      if (renderWindow != NULL) renderWindow->GetRenderingManager()->InitializeViews(
+          imageNode->GetData()->GetGeometry(), mitk::RenderingManager::REQUEST_UPDATE_ALL, true);
+
+      m_UpdateTimer->setInterval(20);
+      m_UpdateTimer->start();
     
+    }
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    m_UpdateTimer->stop();
+    m_running = false;
+    m_Controls.m_StartGrabbing->setText("Start Video Grabbing");
+    cv::destroyWindow("Video");
+    mitk::DataNode::Pointer imageNode = this->GetDataStorage()->GetNamedNode("Open CV Example Image Stream");
+    this->GetDataStorage()->Remove(imageNode);
+    m_VideoCapture->release();
+    delete m_VideoCapture;
+  }
+}
+
+void SimpleOpenCVExample::OnUpdateImage() 
+{
+  cv::Mat image;
+  *m_VideoCapture >> image;
+  IplImage ipl_img = image;
+  m_conversionFilter->SetOpenCVImage(&ipl_img);
+  m_conversionFilter->Update();
+  this->GetDataStorage()->GetNamedNode("Open CV Example Image Stream")->SetData(m_conversionFilter->GetOutput());
+  this->RequestRenderWindowUpdate(mitk::RenderingManager::REQUEST_UPDATE_ALL);
 }
diff --git a/Examples/Plugins/org.mitk.example.gui.opencv/src/internal/SimpleOpenCVExample.h b/Examples/Plugins/org.mitk.example.gui.opencv/src/internal/SimpleOpenCVExample.h
index 8e67f64b48..7f15c12b40 100644
--- a/Examples/Plugins/org.mitk.example.gui.opencv/src/internal/SimpleOpenCVExample.h
+++ b/Examples/Plugins/org.mitk.example.gui.opencv/src/internal/SimpleOpenCVExample.h
@@ -1,56 +1,63 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
 Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
 All rights reserved.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
 even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
 A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
 See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
 
 ===================================================================*/
 
 
 #ifndef SimpleOpenCVExample_h
 #define SimpleOpenCVExample_h
 
 #include <berryISelectionListener.h>
-
+#include <QTime>
 #include <QmitkAbstractView.h>
-
 #include "ui_SimpleOpenCVExampleControls.h"
+#include "mitkOpenCVToMitkImageFilter.h"
+#include "opencv2/opencv.hpp"
 
 /**
   \brief TODO
 */
 class SimpleOpenCVExample : public QmitkAbstractView
 {
   Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
   static const std::string VIEW_ID;
 
   SimpleOpenCVExample();
 
   virtual ~SimpleOpenCVExample();
 
 protected slots:
 
   /// \brief Called when the user clicks the GUI button
   void OnStartGrabbing();
+  void OnUpdateImage();
 
 protected:
   virtual void CreateQtPartControl(QWidget *parent) override;
 
   virtual void SetFocus() override;
 
   bool m_running;
 
+  cv::VideoCapture *m_VideoCapture;
+  mitk::OpenCVToMitkImageFilter::Pointer m_conversionFilter;
+
   Ui::SimpleOpenCVExampleControls m_Controls;
+
+  QTimer *m_UpdateTimer;
 };
 
 #endif // SimpleOpenCVExample_h