An apparatus for use in inspecting a first inspection zone and a second inspection zone defined at different lengths along a single wire segment, said apparatus comprising: a guide tube sized to receive the wire segment and being fabricated such that wire segment is visible through side walls of guide tube; and an array of mirrors (212, 214) positioned about said guide tube, wherein each mirror in said array is oriented such that a reflection of the wire segment in said array of mirrors forms a circumferential view of at least a portion of the wire segment, and such that the reflection from each mirror is within a field of view from a single vantage point; wherein said array of mirrors comprises: a first plurality of mirrors oriented such that the image of the first inspection zone is in a first reflection from said first plurality of mirrors when viewed from the single vantage point; and a second plurality of mirrors oriented such that the image of the second inspection zone is in a second reflection from said second plurality of mirrors when viewed from the single vantage point, wherein mirrors in said first plurality are offset from mirrors in said second plurality relative to the single vantage point; wherein said first plurality of mirrors is positioned at a shorter distance from the single vantage point than said second plurality of mirrors, said first plurality of mirrors comprising a plurality of groups of mirrors spaced at regular intervals about said guide tube, wherein mirrors in each group are oriented such that a length of a first optical path from the first inspection zone to the single vantage point is substantially similar to a length of a second optical path from the second inspection zone to the single vantage point; and wherein the vantage point is substantially coaxially aligned with the centerline of the guide tube. a guide tube sized to receive the wire segment and being fabricated such that wire segment is visible through side walls of guide tube; and an array of mirrors (212, 214) positioned about said guide tube, wherein each mirror in said array is oriented such that a reflection of the wire segment in said array of mirrors forms a circumferential view of at least a portion of the wire segment, and such that the reflection from each mirror is within a field of view from a single vantage point; wherein said array of mirrors comprises: a first plurality of mirrors oriented such that the image of the first inspection zone is in a first reflection from said first plurality of mirrors when viewed from the single vantage point; and a second plurality of mirrors oriented such that the image of the second inspection zone is in a second reflection from said second plurality of mirrors when viewed from the single vantage point, wherein mirrors in said first plurality are offset from mirrors in said second plurality relative to the single vantage point; a first plurality of mirrors oriented such that the image of the first inspection zone is in a first reflection from said first plurality of mirrors when viewed from the single vantage point; and a second plurality of mirrors oriented such that the image of the second inspection zone is in a second reflection from said second plurality of mirrors when viewed from the single vantage point, wherein mirrors in said first plurality are offset from mirrors in said second plurality relative to the single vantage point; wherein said first plurality of mirrors is positioned at a shorter distance from the single vantage point than said second plurality of mirrors, said first plurality of mirrors comprising a plurality of groups of mirrors spaced at regular intervals about said guide tube, wherein mirrors in each group are oriented such that a length of a first optical path from the first inspection zone to the single vantage point is substantially similar to a length of a second optical path from the second inspection zone to the single vantage point; and wherein the vantage point is substantially coaxially aligned with the centerline of the guide tube.