System for modifying light passing from a medical scope to a camera, the system comprising: a camera having a distal end; a first light conditioning attachment including: a body including an optical portal, the body having a proximal end adapted to be attached to and detached from the camera distal end, and a distal end adapted to be attached to and detached from the medical scope, the optical portal positioned to allow light from the medical scope to pass from the medical scope to a camera light sensor; an optical assembly optically positioned between the proximal and distal ends, including a collimation lens group and an optical group including a beam splitter or a pupil splitter, the collimation lens group operable to receive image light from the medical scope in a substantially afocal state and increase collimation of the image light through refraction, the optical group operable to receive the image light from the collimation lens group and with the image light substantially afocal, split the image light into a first portion of image light and a second portion of image light, and direct the first portion of image light along a first optical path and the second portion of image light along a second optical path; and an identification indicator adapted to be recognized by the camera or a camera control unit; wherein the camera further comprises a lens aperture sized to receive light from the first and second optical paths (301, 302), and a lens group operable to focus the first portion of image light on a first area of an image sensor and focus the second portion of image light on a second portion of the image sensor separate from the first portion; and wherein the camera control unit is adapted to recognize, by means of the identification indicator, when the first light conditioning attachment is attached to the camera distal end and when a second light conditioning attachment is attached to the camera distal end, and in response to recognizing the first light conditioning attachment, selecting and enabling image processing algorithms specific to the first light conditioning attachment for processing image data from the image sensor. a camera having a distal end; a first light conditioning attachment including: a body including an optical portal, the body having a proximal end adapted to be attached to and detached from the camera distal end, and a distal end adapted to be attached to and detached from the medical scope, the optical portal positioned to allow light from the medical scope to pass from the medical scope to a camera light sensor; an optical assembly optically positioned between the proximal and distal ends, including a collimation lens group and an optical group including a beam splitter or a pupil splitter, the collimation lens group operable to receive image light from the medical scope in a substantially afocal state and increase collimation of the image light through refraction, the optical group operable to receive the image light from the collimation lens group and with the image light substantially afocal, split the image light into a first portion of image light and a second portion of image light, and direct the first portion of image light along a first optical path and the second portion of image light along a second optical path; and an identification indicator adapted to be recognized by the camera or a camera control unit; a body including an optical portal, the body having a proximal end adapted to be attached to and detached from the camera distal end, and a distal end adapted to be attached to and detached from the medical scope, the optical portal positioned to allow light from the medical scope to pass from the medical scope to a camera light sensor; an optical assembly optically positioned between the proximal and distal ends, including a collimation lens group and an optical group including a beam splitter or a pupil splitter, the collimation lens group operable to receive image light from the medical scope in a substantially afocal state and increase collimation of the image light through refraction, the optical group operable to receive the image light from the collimation lens group and with the image light substantially afocal, split the image light into a first portion of image light and a second portion of image light, and direct the first portion of image light along a first optical path and the second portion of image light along a second optical path; and an identification indicator adapted to be recognized by the camera or a camera control unit; wherein the camera further comprises a lens aperture sized to receive light from the first and second optical paths (301, 302), and a lens group operable to focus the first portion of image light on a first area of an image sensor and focus the second portion of image light on a second portion of the image sensor separate from the first portion; and wherein the camera control unit is adapted to recognize, by means of the identification indicator, when the first light conditioning attachment is attached to the camera distal end and when a second light conditioning attachment is attached to the camera distal end, and in response to recognizing the first light conditioning attachment, selecting and enabling image processing algorithms specific to the first light conditioning attachment for processing image data from the image sensor.