Abstract: Techniques are provided for producing video data using a sensor with charge coupled devices. Signals from the CCD pixels are alternately stored into one set of memory devices and read out of another set of memory devices. Once the signals from the pixels are read out of the memory devices, they are used to produce video frames. The orientation of each portion of the frames is independent of the direction the signals are read out of each of the charge coupled devices. The orientation of each portion of the frames is independent of the physical orientation of the CCDs in the x,-y plane. The pixel signals from the CCDs can be used to produce video data in near real-time. The image reconstruction techniques can be re-programmed to account for different CCD focal plan configurations and orientations.