1. A panoramic camera system, comprising: an unified optical system including: a first set of lenses that guides images received from horizontal directions of a target scene that surrounds the unified optical system in a 360 degree field of view, a deflecting device that deflects the images guided through the first set of lenses, and a second set of lenses that projects the images deflected by the deflecting device; an image capture device that collects the projected images into a determined pattern based on the second set of lenses; and a processing unit that processes the collected images from the image capture device to generate at least one of image signals and video signals representing a panoramic rendition of the target scene.