1. A method for calibrating an array camera using a processing system wherein the array camera includes a plurality of imaging components where the plurality of imaging components includes a reference imaging component and a plurality of associate imaging components associated with the reference imaging component, the method comprising: performing a defect detection process that includes: identifying pixel defects in each of the plurality imaging components, and determining whether pixel defects in a particular imaging component may be corrected in image processing using image data from at least one other one of the plurality of imaging components; and performing a geometric calibration process that includes determining translation information that relates image data from particular pixels in a reference imaging component to image data from corresponding pixels in each associate imaging component associated with the reference imaging component.