Imaging device with focused illumination

An imaging system having a forward and rearward orientation, said system comprising:

• one or more parabolic reflectors having a base, a focus, and a reflector axis, said one or more parabolic reflectors defining a central reflector axis;
• at least one a light source disposed near or essentially at said focus of each of said one or more parabolic reflectors forward of its base, and being configured to emit light toward said each of said one or more parabolic reflectors such that said each of said one or more parabolic reflectors reflects said light to emit a beam of light;
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• an imaging device disposed within said one or more parabolic reflectors, and comprising a zooming lens having an optical axis essentially coincident with said central reflector axis, said imaging device configured to image a field of view along said optical axis forward of said imaging device.