Configurable imaging system

An imaging system, comprising:

• an image source providing a video data stream;
• a plurality of microtile units for generating respective portions of an image from said video data stream, each said microtile unit connectable to a plurality of other microtile units in multiple geometrical configurations, each microtile unit including circuitry for:
• communication with said plurality of other microtile units to control generation of each respective portion of said image;
• and
• sub-image capture from said video data stream;
• and
• a system control unit for:
• automatically detecting a configuration of connected microtile units to determine information indicating a portion of the image each individual microtile unit is to be responsible for;
• and
• relaying respective information comprising a respective portion of the image a respective microtile unit is to be responsible for to each said respective microtile unit in said sub-image capture,
• wherein said circuitry in each said microtile unit comprises a filter, and said respective information comprises filter coefficients which are downloaded to each said filter such that said circuitry in each said microtile unit can capture a respective sub-image from said video data stream.