An operating room lighting system, which comprises a lighthead support for a lighthead with a plurality of light elements, especially LED light elements, for generating a light field on an object to be illuminated, as well as adjustment elements for controlling features of the lighting system, especially for controlling features which modify a light field generated by the lighthead, said adjustment elements comprising a portable pointing device for controlling the lighting system by means of a pointing beam by the action of a lighting system operator. In the invention, the portable pointing device further comprises projection elements for projecting adjustment instructions on or around a light field generated by the pointing device and/or on a light field generable or generated by the lighthead.”