Abstract: The present invention relates to a monitoring camera apparatus which directly detects motion in an image to control the pan/tilt/zoom of a centralized monitoring camera, and which transmits a wide area monitoring image and a centralized monitoring image together to a control device in a remote place, and also relates a remote monitoring system using same. The monitoring camera apparatus acquires monitoring images to be displayed in a remote control device (40), and controls a centralized monitoring imaging unit (20) without the assistance of the remote control device (40). The monitoring camera apparatus comprises a wide angle imaging unit (110), a control and signal-processing unit (120), and signal-transmitting units (160, 162). The wide angle imaging unit (110) acquires a wide angle image for a monitoring area.