1. A method of generating image data of an object moving at a known object velocity, comprising: imaging electromagnetic radiation from the object into an image on a sensor array of an imaging system, adjusting at least one of a shutter rate and a shutter direction of the imaging system in accordance with an image velocity of the image across the sensor array; and sampling output of the sensor array in accordance with the shutter rate and the shutter direction to generate image data of the object wherein the object is larger than a field of view of the sensor array, and wherein adjusting at least one of a shutter rate and a shutter direction of the imaging system comprises setting the shutter rate such that the image data of the object provides complete image data of the object in a single sampling of the sensor array.