1. An imaging system for providing an extended-view image, comprising: a plurality of cameras coupled in series for transmitting image data through the series to serially compose, within the cameras, the extended-view image from each of a plurality of in-situ images captured by the plurality of cameras, respectively, each of the cameras including: (a) an image sensing unit for generating a respective one of the plurality of in-situ images, and (b) an image data processing unit configured to combine the respective one of the plurality of in-situ images with a first composite image to produce a second composite image that, for each of the cameras except last camera in the series, is utilized by next camera in the series as the first composite image.