Abstract: An optical apparatus for producing a relatively large image with a relatively small distance between the apparatus and an image plane, includes a surface distribution of lenslets of a size not substantially larger than the smallest size resolvable by the unaided human eye and disposed on the focal plane of the lenslets, the pinholes defining a plurality of discrete light transmission paths, arranged with respect to the lenslets such that each path transmits light representing a different portion of the image produced by each of the lenslets to the image plane. Photosensitive film is held at the image plane and the image plane is displaced a sufficient distance from the focal plane to permit distribution of the light passing through each pinhole onto an area about the size of a lenslet. The sum of the contributions of each of the light paths produces a completed image on the image plane.