Patent ID: 8665316

Claim:
A large format framing camera, comprising: a primary camera system configured for collecting panchromatic image data and outputting one image comprising the panchromatic image data, the primary camera system comprising a primary camera optical system having a first focal length; and two or more secondary camera systems configured for collecting color image data and outputting two or more corresponding images comprising the color image data, each of the two or more secondary camera systems comprising a secondary camera optical system having a second focal length, and wherein the second focal length is longer than the first focal length, wherein a radiometric resolution of each of the two or more secondary camera systems is greater than a radiometric resolution of the primary camera system, and wherein the primary camera system is configured to generate and output a sequence of consecutive first panchromatic images, wherein each of the two or more secondary camera systems are configured to generate and output a sequence of consecutive second color images, wherein the sequence of consecutive first panchromatic images overlap one another, the sequence of consecutive second color images overlap one another, and wherein the overlap of the consecutive first panchromatic images is greater than the overlap of the consecutive second color images.