A hybrid, wide angle imaging system combines high sensitivity
superposition arrays with a high resolution apposition array to generate
distortion free images with an infinite depth of field. A conformal,
superposition array of Keplerian telescope objectives focuses multiple
apertures of light through the tubes of a louver baffle. The baffle tubes
are terminated by field stops that separate the focused light into
inverted, intermediate sub-images. A superposition array of field lenses,
positioned immediately after the field stops, reverses the angles of the
light beams. An apposition array of erector lenses, linked optically to
the superposition arrays and field stops, refocuses and adjoins the beams
into a single, upright image. The upright image is formed on the convex
surface of a fiber optic imaging taper, which transfers the image to the
flat bottom of the taper where it can be viewed through an eyepiece or
digitized by a detector array.