<p>The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for medium wide-angle projection system. An exemplary embodiment of the present technique comprises an imaging system configured to create an image, a lens (40) having a front surface and a back surface, the lens configured to receive an image on the back surface and produce a medium wide-angle representation of the image on the front surface, and an aperture stop (56) positioned adjacent to the front surface of the lens (40) to capture the medium wide-angle representation of the image from the lens (40) .</p>