1. A panoramic imaging system for capturing a full or partial panoramic image, said camera comprising: a compound camera having an orientation axis extending through said compound camera from a first axis end to a second axis end, said compound camera comprising a plurality of cameras adapted to take a plurality of images, each single camera of said plurality of cameras having an image sensor for sensing an image, said image sensor having rows, wherein a predetermined row in said image sensor is defined as row one and said image sensor is oriented so as to scan said image with vertical scan lines, starting with said row one, and wherein said image sensor of said each single camera is oriented such that said row one is closer to said first axis end than any other row in said image sensor; and a memory means for storage of said plurality of images.