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The ever increasing demands on combustion engines with regard to exhaust emissions and fuel consumption require the use of modern analytical methods. Especially optical measurement techniques have contributed a lot to the realization of complicated engine concepts. The disadvantages of complex measurement techniques are the expenditure of time and the necessary changes of the engine. This paper introduces a new practice oriented optical measurement technique with the aid of an example. With this technique it is possible to record the combustion process with a sampling rate of up to 200 kHz through a small drilling. Even quick events like knocking can be recorded. The combustion luminosity is watched through a special UV-capable borescope, transmitted to an array of photoelectric transformers and finally recorded as a flame figure. We will show an SI-engine which is limited by knocking.