Coded information reader (1) for reading coded information (6) from an object, comprising a first camera assembly (10) having a first resolution, a first frame rate and a first field of view (18), and a second camera assembly (20) having a second resolution, a second frame rate and a second field of view (28), wherein the first resolution is lower than the second resolution and the first frame rate is higher than the second frame rate. The first camera assembly (10) is configured to acquire frames and to process the acquired frames to perform: —detection of object presence, —determination of operating parameters for both the first camera assembly (10) and the second camera assembly (20), —coded information decoding, —in case of failure of said coded information decoding, triggering of the second camera assembly (20) to acquire frames and to process the acquired frames to perform coded information decoding with the operating parameters set as determined by the first camera assembly (10) for the second camera assembly (20).