宽视场高分辨成像在航空侦察、地形测绘和安全监控等领域有广泛的应用。主要从光学设计角度归纳总结了实现宽视场高分辨成像的技术难点，阐述了透镜系统的比例法则。将比例法则推广到计算成像领域，证明计算成像的方法可以在更小的相机尺寸时获得更高的分辨率。在此基础上，重点阐述了一种可行的宽视场高分辨成像的实现途径：同心多尺度光学系统的设计方法。介绍了当前研制成功的基于同心多尺度理论的宽幅相机，并对它们的性能进行了分析比较，讨论了同心多尺度相机面临的技术挑战。

Wide-field high-resolution imaging is widely used in aerial surveillance, topographic mapping and safety monitoring. A summary is made for wide-field high-resolution imaging mainly in terms of optical design, and a scaling law that determines how resolution increases as a function of lens size is stated. The generalized scaling law shows that, by using computation to correct aberrations, a greater resolution can be achieved with a smaller camera size. Monocentric multiscale design, which is a good way to achieve wide-field high-resolution photographs, is emphatically described. Finally, an introduction to wide-field cameras based on monocentric multiscale theory is given, a comparison is made on their performances, and existing issues of monocentric multiscale camera are discussed.