A compound lens (500; 700; 900; 1100), comprising: a first primary powered optical element configured to collect and refract first light from a first field of view to yield first refracted light; a first secondary powered optical element configured to refract the first refracted light from the first primary optical element to yield second refracted light; a second primary powered optical element configured to collect and refract second light from a second field of view to yield third refracted light; a second secondary powered optical element configured to refract the third focused light from the second primary optical element to yield fourth refracted light; and a combining component comprising a beamsplitter cube, wherein the beamsplitter cube is configured to: receive the second refracted light from the first secondary powered optical element, combine the fourth refracted light and the second refracted light into a combined beam and direct the combined beam to one or more downstream optical elements along an optical path of the compound lens; and another beamsplitter cube configured to: receive the combined beam, and recover first optical rays for the first field of view and second optical rays for the second field of view from the combined beam, wherein the compound lens images a field of view of at least approximately 100 x 190 degrees, wherein the beamsplitter cube and the other beamsplitter cube are both a dichroic beamsplitter cube or both a polarizing beamsplitter cube. a first primary powered optical element configured to collect and refract first light from a first field of view to yield first refracted light; a first secondary powered optical element configured to refract the first refracted light from the first primary optical element to yield second refracted light; a second primary powered optical element configured to collect and refract second light from a second field of view to yield third refracted light; a second secondary powered optical element configured to refract the third focused light from the second primary optical element to yield fourth refracted light; and a combining component comprising a beamsplitter cube, wherein the beamsplitter cube is configured to: receive the second refracted light from the first secondary powered optical element, combine the fourth refracted light and the second refracted light into a combined beam and direct the combined beam to one or more downstream optical elements along an optical path of the compound lens; and receive the second refracted light from the first secondary powered optical element, combine the fourth refracted light and the second refracted light into a combined beam and direct the combined beam to one or more downstream optical elements along an optical path of the compound lens; and another beamsplitter cube configured to: receive the combined beam, and recover first optical rays for the first field of view and second optical rays for the second field of view from the combined beam, receive the combined beam, and recover first optical rays for the first field of view and second optical rays for the second field of view from the combined beam, wherein the compound lens images a field of view of at least approximately 100 x 190 degrees, wherein the beamsplitter cube and the other beamsplitter cube are both a dichroic beamsplitter cube or both a polarizing beamsplitter cube.