Or a pan-tilt camera with a long focal length. I see this as much more viable than a wide angle ultra-high-res one, because it's sort of how the eye works anywa

Or a pan-tilt camera with a long focal length. I see this as much more viable than a wide angle ultra-high-res one, because it's sort of how the eye works anyway: one really high-res patch, then the rest low-res.