1. A camera system comprising: a camera housing; a first camera, secured with the camera housing, adapted to provide first image data from a first portion of an electromagnetic spectrum, wherein the first camera is adapted to provide a wide field of view; a second camera, secured with the camera housing, adapted to provide second image data from a second portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, wherein the second camera is configured to provide a narrow field of view disposed within the wide field of view of the first camera, and wherein at least one parameter associated with generating the first image data of the first camera is different than the at least one parameter associated with generating the second image data of the second camera; a third camera, secured within the camera housing, adapted to provide third image data covering a visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, wherein the third camera is configured to provide a field of view disposed within the wide field of view of the first camera; a first processor, secured within the camera housing, adapted to receive the first image data from the first camera, the second image data from the second camera, and the third image data from the third camera to provide the first image data, the second image data, and the third image data as one or more network data streams to a network, with at least one of the network data streams providing a foveal view composite image which has been scaled and encoded with different scale factors; and wherein the camera housing encloses the first camera, the second camera, the third camera, and the first processor and forms a first camera system, and wherein a remote processor coupled to the network is able to receive the network data streams from one or more of the first camera systems to select from among the network data streams to store and/or display.