diff --git a/ScreenCapture.NET/CommunityToolkit.HighPerformance/ReadOnlyRefEnumerable.cs b/ScreenCapture.NET/CommunityToolkit.HighPerformance/ReadOnlyRefEnumerable.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6dda976
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ScreenCapture.NET/CommunityToolkit.HighPerformance/ReadOnlyRefEnumerable.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,266 @@
+// DarthAffe 05.09.2023: Based on https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/dotnet/blob/b0d6c4f9c0cfb5d860400abb00b0ca1b3e94dfa4/src/CommunityToolkit.HighPerformance/Enumerables/ReadOnlyRefEnumerable%7BT%7D.cs
+
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+namespace ScreenCapture.NET;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// A <see langword="ref"/> <see langword="struct"/> that iterates readonly items from arbitrary memory locations.
+/// </summary>
+/// <typeparam name="T">The type of items to enumerate.</typeparam>
+public readonly ref struct ReadOnlyRefEnumerable<T>
+{
+    #region Properties & Fields
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The <see cref="ReadOnlySpan{T}"/> instance pointing to the first item in the target memory area.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>The <see cref="ReadOnlySpan{T}.Length"/> field maps to the total available length.</remarks>
+    private readonly ReadOnlySpan<T> _span;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The distance between items in the sequence to enumerate.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>The distance refers to <typeparamref name="T"/> items, not byte offset.</remarks>
+    private readonly int _step;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the total available length for the sequence.
+    /// </summary>
+    public int Length
+    {
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+        get => _span.Length;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the element at the specified zero-based index.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="index">The zero-based index of the element.</param>
+    /// <returns>A reference to the element at the specified index.</returns>
+    /// <exception cref="IndexOutOfRangeException">
+    /// Thrown when <paramref name="index"/> is invalid.
+    /// </exception>
+    public ref readonly T this[int index]
+    {
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+        get
+        {
+            if ((uint)index >= (uint)Length) throw new IndexOutOfRangeException();
+
+            ref T r0 = ref MemoryMarshal.GetReference(_span);
+            nint offset = (nint)(uint)index * (nint)(uint)_step;
+            ref T ri = ref Unsafe.Add(ref r0, offset);
+
+            return ref ri;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the element at the specified zero-based index.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="index">The zero-based index of the element.</param>
+    /// <returns>A reference to the element at the specified index.</returns>
+    /// <exception cref="IndexOutOfRangeException">
+    /// Thrown when <paramref name="index"/> is invalid.
+    /// </exception>
+    public ref readonly T this[Index index]
+    {
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+        get => ref this[index.GetOffset(Length)];
+    }
+
+    #endregion
+
+    #region Constructors
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ReadOnlyRefEnumerable{T}"/> struct.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="reference">A reference to the first item of the sequence.</param>
+    /// <param name="length">The number of items in the sequence.</param>
+    /// <param name="step">The distance between items in the sequence to enumerate.</param>
+    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+    internal ReadOnlyRefEnumerable(in T reference, int length, int step)
+    {
+        this._step = step;
+
+        _span = MemoryMarshal.CreateReadOnlySpan(ref Unsafe.AsRef(reference), length);
+    }
+
+    #endregion
+
+    #region Methods
+
+    /// <inheritdoc cref="System.Collections.IEnumerable.GetEnumerator"/>
+    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+    public Enumerator GetEnumerator() => new(_span, _step);
+
+    public T[] ToArray()
+    {
+        int length = _span.Length;
+
+        // Empty array if no data is mapped
+        if (length == 0)
+            return Array.Empty<T>();
+
+        T[] array = new T[length];
+        CopyTo(array);
+
+        return array;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Copies the contents of this <see cref="ReadOnlyRefEnumerable{T}"/> into a destination <see cref="Span{T}"/> instance.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="destination">The destination <see cref="Span{T}"/> instance.</param>
+    /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">
+    /// Thrown when <paramref name="destination"/> is shorter than the source <see cref="ReadOnlyRefEnumerable{T}"/> instance.
+    /// </exception>
+    public void CopyTo(Span<T> destination)
+    {
+        if (_step == 1)
+        {
+            _span.CopyTo(destination);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        ref T sourceRef = ref MemoryMarshal.GetReference(_span);
+        int length = _span.Length;
+        if ((uint)destination.Length < (uint)length)
+            throw new ArgumentException("The target span is too short to copy all the current items to.");
+
+        ref T destinationRef = ref MemoryMarshal.GetReference(destination);
+
+        CopyTo(ref sourceRef, ref destinationRef, (nint)(uint)length, (nint)(uint)_step);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Attempts to copy the current <see cref="ReadOnlyRefEnumerable{T}"/> instance to a destination <see cref="Span{T}"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="destination">The target <see cref="Span{T}"/> of the copy operation.</param>
+    /// <returns>Whether or not the operation was successful.</returns>
+    public bool TryCopyTo(Span<T> destination)
+    {
+        if (destination.Length >= _span.Length)
+        {
+            CopyTo(destination);
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private static void CopyTo(ref T sourceRef, ref T destinationRef, nint length, nint sourceStep)
+    {
+        nint sourceOffset = 0;
+        nint destinationOffset = 0;
+
+        while (length >= 8)
+        {
+            Unsafe.Add(ref destinationRef, destinationOffset + 0) = Unsafe.Add(ref sourceRef, sourceOffset);
+            Unsafe.Add(ref destinationRef, destinationOffset + 1) = Unsafe.Add(ref sourceRef, sourceOffset += sourceStep);
+            Unsafe.Add(ref destinationRef, destinationOffset + 2) = Unsafe.Add(ref sourceRef, sourceOffset += sourceStep);
+            Unsafe.Add(ref destinationRef, destinationOffset + 3) = Unsafe.Add(ref sourceRef, sourceOffset += sourceStep);
+            Unsafe.Add(ref destinationRef, destinationOffset + 4) = Unsafe.Add(ref sourceRef, sourceOffset += sourceStep);
+            Unsafe.Add(ref destinationRef, destinationOffset + 5) = Unsafe.Add(ref sourceRef, sourceOffset += sourceStep);
+            Unsafe.Add(ref destinationRef, destinationOffset + 6) = Unsafe.Add(ref sourceRef, sourceOffset += sourceStep);
+            Unsafe.Add(ref destinationRef, destinationOffset + 7) = Unsafe.Add(ref sourceRef, sourceOffset += sourceStep);
+
+            length -= 8;
+            sourceOffset += sourceStep;
+            destinationOffset += 8;
+        }
+
+        if (length >= 4)
+        {
+            Unsafe.Add(ref destinationRef, destinationOffset + 0) = Unsafe.Add(ref sourceRef, sourceOffset);
+            Unsafe.Add(ref destinationRef, destinationOffset + 1) = Unsafe.Add(ref sourceRef, sourceOffset += sourceStep);
+            Unsafe.Add(ref destinationRef, destinationOffset + 2) = Unsafe.Add(ref sourceRef, sourceOffset += sourceStep);
+            Unsafe.Add(ref destinationRef, destinationOffset + 3) = Unsafe.Add(ref sourceRef, sourceOffset += sourceStep);
+
+            length -= 4;
+            sourceOffset += sourceStep;
+            destinationOffset += 4;
+        }
+
+        while (length > 0)
+        {
+            Unsafe.Add(ref destinationRef, destinationOffset) = Unsafe.Add(ref sourceRef, sourceOffset);
+
+            length -= 1;
+            sourceOffset += sourceStep;
+            destinationOffset += 1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    #endregion
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A custom enumerator type to traverse items within a <see cref="ReadOnlyRefEnumerable{T}"/> instance.
+    /// </summary>
+    public ref struct Enumerator
+    {
+        #region Properties & Fields
+
+        /// <inheritdoc cref="ReadOnlyRefEnumerable{T}._span"/>
+        private readonly ReadOnlySpan<T> _span;
+
+        /// <inheritdoc cref="ReadOnlyRefEnumerable{T}._step"/>
+        private readonly int _step;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The current position in the sequence.
+        /// </summary>
+        private int _position;
+
+        /// <inheritdoc cref="System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerator{T}.Current"/>
+        public readonly ref readonly T Current
+        {
+            [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+            get
+            {
+                ref T r0 = ref MemoryMarshal.GetReference(_span);
+
+                nint offset = (nint)(uint)_position * (nint)(uint)_step;
+                ref T ri = ref Unsafe.Add(ref r0, offset);
+
+                return ref ri;
+            }
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Constructors
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="Enumerator"/> struct.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="span">The <see cref="ReadOnlySpan{T}"/> instance with the info on the items to traverse.</param>
+        /// <param name="step">The distance between items in the sequence to enumerate.</param>
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+        internal Enumerator(ReadOnlySpan<T> span, int step)
+        {
+            this._span = span;
+            this._step = step;
+
+            _position = -1;
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Methods
+
+        /// <inheritdoc cref="System.Collections.IEnumerator.MoveNext"/>
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+        public bool MoveNext() => ++_position < _span.Length;
+
+        #endregion
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ScreenCapture.NET/DirectX/DX11ScreenCapture.cs b/ScreenCapture.NET/DirectX/DX11ScreenCapture.cs
index da40620..d64d8ee 100644
--- a/ScreenCapture.NET/DirectX/DX11ScreenCapture.cs
+++ b/ScreenCapture.NET/DirectX/DX11ScreenCapture.cs
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public sealed class DX11ScreenCapture : AbstractScreenCapture<ColorBGRA>
         return result;
     }
 
-    protected override void PerformCaptureZoneUpdate(CaptureZone<ColorBGRA> captureZone)
+    protected override void PerformCaptureZoneUpdate(CaptureZone<ColorBGRA> captureZone, in Span<byte> buffer)
     {
         if (_context == null) return;
 
@@ -157,25 +157,26 @@ public sealed class DX11ScreenCapture : AbstractScreenCapture<ColorBGRA>
                                                        textures.Y + textures.UnscaledHeight, 1));
 
             MappedSubresource mapSource = _context.Map(textures.StagingTexture, 0, MapMode.Read, MapFlags.None);
-            using IDisposable @lock = captureZone.Image.Lock();
+
+            using IDisposable @lock = captureZone.Lock();
             {
-                Span<byte> source = mapSource.AsSpan(mapSource.RowPitch * textures.Height);
+                ReadOnlySpan<byte> source = mapSource.AsSpan(mapSource.RowPitch * textures.Height);
                 switch (Display.Rotation)
                 {
                     case Rotation.Rotation90:
-                        CopyRotate90(source, mapSource.RowPitch, captureZone);
+                        CopyRotate90(source, mapSource.RowPitch, captureZone, buffer);
                         break;
 
                     case Rotation.Rotation180:
-                        CopyRotate180(source, mapSource.RowPitch, captureZone);
+                        CopyRotate180(source, mapSource.RowPitch, captureZone, buffer);
                         break;
 
                     case Rotation.Rotation270:
-                        CopyRotate270(source, mapSource.RowPitch, captureZone);
+                        CopyRotate270(source, mapSource.RowPitch, captureZone, buffer);
                         break;
 
                     default:
-                        CopyRotate0(source, mapSource.RowPitch, captureZone);
+                        CopyRotate0(source, mapSource.RowPitch, captureZone, buffer);
                         break;
                 }
             }
@@ -185,11 +186,11 @@ public sealed class DX11ScreenCapture : AbstractScreenCapture<ColorBGRA>
     }
 
     [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
-    private static void CopyRotate0(in Span<byte> source, int sourceStride, in CaptureZone<ColorBGRA> captureZone)
+    private static void CopyRotate0(in ReadOnlySpan<byte> source, int sourceStride, in CaptureZone<ColorBGRA> captureZone, in Span<byte> buffer)
     {
-        int height = captureZone.Image.Height;
-        int stride = captureZone.Image.Stride;
-        Span<byte> target = captureZone.Image.Raw;
+        int height = captureZone.Height;
+        int stride = captureZone.Stride;
+        Span<byte> target = buffer;
 
         for (int y = 0; y < height; y++)
         {
@@ -201,51 +202,49 @@ public sealed class DX11ScreenCapture : AbstractScreenCapture<ColorBGRA>
     }
 
     [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
-    private static void CopyRotate90(in Span<byte> source, int sourceStride, in CaptureZone<ColorBGRA> captureZone)
+    private static void CopyRotate90(in ReadOnlySpan<byte> source, int sourceStride, in CaptureZone<ColorBGRA> captureZone, in Span<byte> buffer)
     {
-        int width = captureZone.Image.Width;
-        int height = captureZone.Image.Height;
-        int usedBytesPerLine = height * captureZone.Image.ColorFormat.BytesPerPixel;
-        Span<ColorBGRA> target = captureZone.Image.Pixels;
+        int width = captureZone.Width;
+        int height = captureZone.Height;
+        int usedBytesPerLine = height * captureZone.ColorFormat.BytesPerPixel;
+        Span<ColorBGRA> target = MemoryMarshal.Cast<byte, ColorBGRA>(buffer);
 
         for (int x = 0; x < width; x++)
         {
-            Span<ColorBGRA> src = MemoryMarshal.Cast<byte, ColorBGRA>(source.Slice(x * sourceStride, usedBytesPerLine));
+            ReadOnlySpan<ColorBGRA> src = MemoryMarshal.Cast<byte, ColorBGRA>(source.Slice(x * sourceStride, usedBytesPerLine));
             for (int y = 0; y < src.Length; y++)
                 target[(y * width) + (width - x - 1)] = src[y];
         }
     }
 
     [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
-    private static void CopyRotate180(in Span<byte> source, int sourceStride, in CaptureZone<ColorBGRA> captureZone)
+    private static void CopyRotate180(in ReadOnlySpan<byte> source, int sourceStride, in CaptureZone<ColorBGRA> captureZone, in Span<byte> buffer)
     {
-        int width = captureZone.Image.Width;
-        int height = captureZone.Image.Height;
-        int bpp = captureZone.Image.ColorFormat.BytesPerPixel;
+        int width = captureZone.Width;
+        int height = captureZone.Height;
+        int bpp = captureZone.ColorFormat.BytesPerPixel;
         int usedBytesPerLine = width * bpp;
-        Span<ColorBGRA> target = captureZone.Image.Pixels;
+        Span<ColorBGRA> target = MemoryMarshal.Cast<byte, ColorBGRA>(buffer);
 
         for (int y = 0; y < height; y++)
         {
-            Span<ColorBGRA> src = MemoryMarshal.Cast<byte, ColorBGRA>(source.Slice(y * sourceStride, usedBytesPerLine));
+            ReadOnlySpan<ColorBGRA> src = MemoryMarshal.Cast<byte, ColorBGRA>(source.Slice(y * sourceStride, usedBytesPerLine));
             for (int x = 0; x < src.Length; x++)
-            {
                 target[((height - y - 1) * width) + (width - x - 1)] = src[x];
-            }
         }
     }
 
     [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
-    private static void CopyRotate270(in Span<byte> source, int sourceStride, in CaptureZone<ColorBGRA> captureZone)
+    private static void CopyRotate270(in ReadOnlySpan<byte> source, int sourceStride, in CaptureZone<ColorBGRA> captureZone, in Span<byte> buffer)
     {
-        int width = captureZone.Image.Width;
-        int height = captureZone.Image.Height;
-        int usedBytesPerLine = height * captureZone.Image.ColorFormat.BytesPerPixel;
-        Span<ColorBGRA> target = captureZone.Image.Pixels;
+        int width = captureZone.Width;
+        int height = captureZone.Height;
+        int usedBytesPerLine = height * captureZone.ColorFormat.BytesPerPixel;
+        Span<ColorBGRA> target = MemoryMarshal.Cast<byte, ColorBGRA>(buffer);
 
         for (int x = 0; x < width; x++)
         {
-            Span<ColorBGRA> src = MemoryMarshal.Cast<byte, ColorBGRA>(source.Slice(x * sourceStride, usedBytesPerLine));
+            ReadOnlySpan<ColorBGRA> src = MemoryMarshal.Cast<byte, ColorBGRA>(source.Slice(x * sourceStride, usedBytesPerLine));
             for (int y = 0; y < src.Length; y++)
                 target[((height - y - 1) * width) + x] = src[y];
         }
diff --git a/ScreenCapture.NET/Generic/AbstractScreenCapture.cs b/ScreenCapture.NET/Generic/AbstractScreenCapture.cs
index 61af70a..3eb8c0d 100644
--- a/ScreenCapture.NET/Generic/AbstractScreenCapture.cs
+++ b/ScreenCapture.NET/Generic/AbstractScreenCapture.cs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractScreenCapture<TColor> : IScreenCapture
         {
             try
             {
-                PerformCaptureZoneUpdate(captureZone);
+                PerformCaptureZoneUpdate(captureZone, captureZone.InternalBuffer);
                 captureZone.SetUpdated();
             }
             catch { /* */ }
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractScreenCapture<TColor> : IScreenCapture
 
     protected abstract bool PerformScreenCapture();
 
-    protected abstract void PerformCaptureZoneUpdate(CaptureZone<TColor> captureZone);
+    protected abstract void PerformCaptureZoneUpdate(CaptureZone<TColor> captureZone, in Span<byte> buffer);
 
     protected virtual void OnUpdated(bool result)
     {
@@ -93,11 +93,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractScreenCapture<TColor> : IScreenCapture
             int unscaledHeight = height;
             (width, height, downscaleLevel) = CalculateScaledSize(unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight, downscaleLevel);
 
-#if NET7_0_OR_GREATER
-            CaptureZone<TColor> captureZone = new(_indexCounter++, Display, x, y, width, height, downscaleLevel, unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight, new ScreenImage<TColor>(width, height, TColor.ColorFormat));
-#else
-            CaptureZone<TColor> captureZone = new(_indexCounter++, Display, x, y, width, height, downscaleLevel, unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight, new ScreenImage<TColor>(width, height, IColor.GetColorFormat<TColor>()));
-#endif
+            CaptureZone<TColor> captureZone = new(_indexCounter++, Display, x, y, width, height, downscaleLevel, unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight);
             CaptureZones.Add(captureZone);
 
             return captureZone;
@@ -168,13 +164,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractScreenCapture<TColor> : IScreenCapture
             if ((width != null) || (height != null) || (downscaleLevel != null))
             {
                 (int newWidth, int newHeight, newDownscaleLevel) = CalculateScaledSize(newUnscaledWidth, newUnscaledHeight, newDownscaleLevel);
-
-                captureZone.UnscaledWidth = newUnscaledWidth;
-                captureZone.UnscaledHeight = newUnscaledHeight;
-                captureZone.Width = newWidth;
-                captureZone.Height = newHeight;
-                captureZone.DownscaleLevel = newDownscaleLevel;
-                captureZone.Image.Resize(newWidth, newHeight);
+                captureZone.Resize(newWidth, newHeight, newDownscaleLevel, newUnscaledWidth, newUnscaledHeight);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/ScreenCapture.NET/Model/CaptureZone.cs b/ScreenCapture.NET/Model/CaptureZone.cs
index 5be69a0..8c0e0f9 100644
--- a/ScreenCapture.NET/Model/CaptureZone.cs
+++ b/ScreenCapture.NET/Model/CaptureZone.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 // ReSharper disable MemberCanBePrivate.Global
 
 using System;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Threading;
 
 namespace ScreenCapture.NET;
 
@@ -12,6 +15,8 @@ public sealed class CaptureZone<TColor> : ICaptureZone
 {
     #region Properties & Fields
 
+    private readonly object _lock = new();
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the unique id of this <see cref="CaptureZone{T}"/>.
     /// </summary>
@@ -19,6 +24,20 @@ public sealed class CaptureZone<TColor> : ICaptureZone
 
     public Display Display { get; }
 
+#if NET7_0_OR_GREATER
+    public ColorFormat ColorFormat 
+    {
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+        get => TColor.ColorFormat;
+    }
+#else
+    public ColorFormat ColorFormat
+    {
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+        get => IColor.GetColorFormat<TColor>();
+    }
+#endif
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the x-location of the region on the screen.
     /// </summary>
@@ -32,30 +51,53 @@ public sealed class CaptureZone<TColor> : ICaptureZone
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the width of the captured region.
     /// </summary>
-    public int Width { get; internal set; }
+    public int Width { get; private set; }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the height of the captured region.
     /// </summary>
-    public int Height { get; internal set; }
+    public int Height { get; private set; }
+
+    public int Stride
+    {
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+        get => Width * ColorFormat.BytesPerPixel;
+    }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the level of downscaling applied to the image of this region before copying to local memory. The calculation is (width and height)/2^downscaleLevel.
     /// </summary>
-    public int DownscaleLevel { get; internal set; }
+    public int DownscaleLevel { get; private set; }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the original width of the region (this equals <see cref="Width"/> if <see cref="DownscaleLevel"/> is 0).
     /// </summary>
-    public int UnscaledWidth { get; internal set; }
+    public int UnscaledWidth { get; private set; }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the original height of the region (this equals <see cref="Height"/> if <see cref="DownscaleLevel"/> is 0).
     /// </summary>
-    public int UnscaledHeight { get; internal set; }
+    public int UnscaledHeight { get; private set; }
 
-    IScreenImage ICaptureZone.Image => Image;
-    public ScreenImage<TColor> Image { get; }
+    internal byte[] InternalBuffer { get; set; }
+
+    public ReadOnlySpan<byte> RawBuffer
+    {
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+        get => InternalBuffer;
+    }
+
+    public ReadOnlySpan<TColor> Pixels
+    {
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+        get => MemoryMarshal.Cast<byte, TColor>(RawBuffer);
+    }
+
+    public Image<TColor> Image
+    {
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+        get => new(Pixels, 0, 0, Width, Height, Width);
+    }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets or sets if the <see cref="CaptureZone{T}"/> should be automatically updated on every captured frame.
@@ -66,7 +108,7 @@ public sealed class CaptureZone<TColor> : ICaptureZone
     /// Gets if an update for the <see cref="CaptureZone{T}"/> is requested on the next captured frame.
     /// </summary>
     public bool IsUpdateRequested { get; private set; }
-    
+
     #endregion
 
     #region Events
@@ -93,7 +135,7 @@ public sealed class CaptureZone<TColor> : ICaptureZone
     /// <param name="unscaledWidth">The original width of the region.</param>
     /// <param name="unscaledHeight">The original height of the region</param>
     /// <param name="buffer">The buffer containing the image data.</param>
-    internal CaptureZone(int id, Display display, int x, int y, int width, int height, int downscaleLevel, int unscaledWidth, int unscaledHeight, ScreenImage<TColor> image)
+    internal CaptureZone(int id, Display display, int x, int y, int width, int height, int downscaleLevel, int unscaledWidth, int unscaledHeight)
     {
         this.Id = id;
         this.Display = display;
@@ -101,16 +143,23 @@ public sealed class CaptureZone<TColor> : ICaptureZone
         this.Y = y;
         this.Width = width;
         this.Height = height;
+        this.DownscaleLevel = downscaleLevel;
         this.UnscaledWidth = unscaledWidth;
         this.UnscaledHeight = unscaledHeight;
-        this.DownscaleLevel = downscaleLevel;
-        this.Image = image;
+
+        InternalBuffer = new byte[Stride * Height];
     }
 
     #endregion
 
     #region Methods
 
+    public IDisposable Lock()
+    {
+        Monitor.Enter(_lock);
+        return new UnlockDisposable(_lock);
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Requests to update this <see cref="CaptureZone{T}"/> when the next frame is captured.
     /// Only necessary if <see cref="AutoUpdate"/> is set to <c>false</c>.
@@ -127,6 +176,19 @@ public sealed class CaptureZone<TColor> : ICaptureZone
         Updated?.Invoke(this, EventArgs.Empty);
     }
 
+    internal void Resize(int width, int height, int downscaleLevel, int unscaledWidth, int unscaledHeight)
+    {
+        Width = width;
+        Height = height;
+        DownscaleLevel = downscaleLevel;
+        UnscaledWidth = unscaledWidth;
+        UnscaledHeight = unscaledHeight;
+
+        int newBufferSize = Stride * Height;
+        if (newBufferSize != InternalBuffer.Length)
+            InternalBuffer = new byte[newBufferSize];
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Determines whether this <see cref="CaptureZone{T}"/> equals the given one.
     /// </summary>
@@ -141,4 +203,32 @@ public sealed class CaptureZone<TColor> : ICaptureZone
     public override int GetHashCode() => Id;
 
     #endregion
+
+    private class UnlockDisposable : IDisposable
+    {
+        #region Properties & Fields
+
+        private bool _disposed = false;
+        private readonly object _lock;
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Constructors
+
+        public UnlockDisposable(object @lock) => this._lock = @lock;
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Methods
+
+        public void Dispose()
+        {
+            if (_disposed) throw new ObjectDisposedException("The lock is already released");
+
+            Monitor.Exit(_lock);
+            _disposed = true;
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ScreenCapture.NET/Model/ICaptureZone.cs b/ScreenCapture.NET/Model/ICaptureZone.cs
index 7f83100..150f382 100644
--- a/ScreenCapture.NET/Model/ICaptureZone.cs
+++ b/ScreenCapture.NET/Model/ICaptureZone.cs
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ public interface ICaptureZone
     /// </summary>
     int UnscaledHeight { get; }
 
-    IScreenImage Image { get; }
+    ReadOnlySpan<byte> RawBuffer { get; }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets or sets if the <see cref="ICaptureZone"/> should be automatically updated on every captured frame.
     /// </summary>
diff --git a/ScreenCapture.NET/Model/IScreenImage.cs b/ScreenCapture.NET/Model/IScreenImage.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b87105..0000000
--- a/ScreenCapture.NET/Model/IScreenImage.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-
-namespace ScreenCapture.NET;
-
-public interface IScreenImage
-{
-    Span<byte> Raw { get; }
-    int Width { get; }
-    int Height { get; }
-    int Stride { get; }
-    ColorFormat ColorFormat { get; }
-
-    IDisposable Lock();
-
-    IColor this[int x, int y] { get; }
-}
diff --git a/ScreenCapture.NET/Model/Image.cs b/ScreenCapture.NET/Model/Image.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6eae374
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ScreenCapture.NET/Model/Image.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,269 @@
+using System;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+namespace ScreenCapture.NET;
+
+public readonly ref struct Image<TColor>
+    where TColor : struct, IColor
+{
+    #region Properties & Fields
+
+    private readonly ReadOnlySpan<TColor> _pixels;
+
+    private readonly int _x;
+    private readonly int _y;
+    private readonly int _stride;
+
+    public int Width { get; }
+    public int Height { get; }
+
+    #endregion
+
+    #region Indexer
+
+    public TColor this[int x, int y]
+    {
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+        get
+        {
+            if ((x < 0) || (y < 0) || (x > Width) || (y > Height)) throw new IndexOutOfRangeException();
+
+            return _pixels[((_y + y) * _stride) + (_x + x)];
+        }
+    }
+
+    public Image<TColor> this[int x, int y, int width, int height]
+    {
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+        get
+        {
+            if ((x < 0) || (y < 0) || ((x + width) > Width) || ((y + height) > Height)) throw new IndexOutOfRangeException();
+
+            return new Image<TColor>(_pixels, _x + x, _y + y, width, height, _stride);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public ImageRows Rows => new(_pixels, _x, _y, Width, Height, _stride);
+    public ImageColumns Columns => new(_pixels, _x, _y, Width, Height, _stride);
+
+    #endregion
+
+    #region Constructors
+
+    internal Image(ReadOnlySpan<TColor> pixels, int x, int y, int width, int height, int stride)
+    {
+        this._pixels = pixels;
+        this._x = x;
+        this._y = y;
+        this.Width = width;
+        this.Height = height;
+        this._stride = stride;
+    }
+
+    #endregion
+
+    #region Methods
+
+    public void CopyTo(in Span<TColor> dest)
+    {
+        if (dest == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(dest));
+        if (dest.Length < (Width * Height)) throw new ArgumentException("The destination is too small to fit this image.", nameof(dest));
+
+        ImageRows rows = Rows;
+        Span<TColor> target = dest;
+        foreach (ReadOnlyRefEnumerable<TColor> row in rows)
+        {
+            row.CopyTo(target);
+            target = target[Width..];
+        }
+    }
+
+    #endregion
+
+    #region Indexer-Structs
+
+    public readonly ref struct ImageRows
+    {
+        #region Properties & Fields
+
+        private readonly ReadOnlySpan<TColor> _pixels;
+        private readonly int _x;
+        private readonly int _y;
+        private readonly int _width;
+        private readonly int _height;
+        private readonly int _stride;
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Indexer
+
+        public readonly ReadOnlyRefEnumerable<TColor> this[int row]
+        {
+            [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+            get
+            {
+                if ((row < 0) || (row > _height)) throw new IndexOutOfRangeException();
+
+                ref TColor r0 = ref MemoryMarshal.GetReference(_pixels);
+                ref TColor rr = ref Unsafe.Add(ref r0, (nint)(uint)(((row + _y) * _stride) + _x));
+
+                return new ReadOnlyRefEnumerable<TColor>(rr, _width, 1);
+            }
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Constructors
+
+        public ImageRows(ReadOnlySpan<TColor> pixels, int x, int y, int width, int height, int stride)
+        {
+            this._pixels = pixels;
+            this._x = x;
+            this._y = y;
+            this._width = width;
+            this._height = height;
+            this._stride = stride;
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Methods
+
+        /// <inheritdoc cref="System.Collections.IEnumerable.GetEnumerator"/>
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+        public Enumerator GetEnumerator() => new(this);
+
+        #endregion
+
+        public ref struct Enumerator
+        {
+            #region Properties & Fields
+
+            private readonly ImageRows _rows;
+            private int _position;
+
+            /// <inheritdoc cref="System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerator{T}.Current"/>
+            public ReadOnlyRefEnumerable<TColor> Current
+            {
+                [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+                get => _rows[_position];
+            }
+
+            #endregion
+
+            #region Constructors
+
+
+            [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+            internal Enumerator(ImageRows rows)
+            {
+                this._rows = rows;
+
+                _position = -1;
+            }
+
+            #endregion
+
+            #region Methods
+
+            /// <inheritdoc cref="System.Collections.IEnumerator.MoveNext"/>
+            [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+            public bool MoveNext() => ++_position < _rows._height;
+
+            #endregion
+        }
+    }
+
+    public readonly ref struct ImageColumns
+    {
+        #region Properties & Fields
+
+        private readonly ReadOnlySpan<TColor> _pixels;
+        private readonly int _x;
+        private readonly int _y;
+        private readonly int _width;
+        private readonly int _height;
+        private readonly int _stride;
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Indexer
+
+        public ReadOnlyRefEnumerable<TColor> this[int column]
+        {
+            [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+            get
+            {
+                if ((column < 0) || (column > _width)) throw new IndexOutOfRangeException();
+
+                ref TColor r0 = ref MemoryMarshal.GetReference(_pixels);
+                ref TColor rc = ref Unsafe.Add(ref r0, (nint)(uint)((_y * _stride) + (column + _x)));
+
+                return new ReadOnlyRefEnumerable<TColor>(rc, _height, _stride);
+            }
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Constructors
+
+        public ImageColumns(ReadOnlySpan<TColor> pixels, int x, int y, int width, int height, int stride)
+        {
+            this._pixels = pixels;
+            this._x = x;
+            this._y = y;
+            this._width = width;
+            this._height = height;
+            this._stride = stride;
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Methods
+
+        /// <inheritdoc cref="System.Collections.IEnumerable.GetEnumerator"/>
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+        public Enumerator GetEnumerator() => new(this);
+
+        #endregion
+
+        public ref struct Enumerator
+        {
+            #region Properties & Fields
+
+            private readonly ImageColumns _columns;
+            private int _position;
+
+            /// <inheritdoc cref="System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerator{T}.Current"/>
+            public ReadOnlyRefEnumerable<TColor> Current
+            {
+                [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+                get => _columns[_position];
+            }
+
+            #endregion
+
+            #region Constructors
+
+            [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+            internal Enumerator(ImageColumns columns)
+            {
+                this._columns = columns;
+                this._position = -1;
+            }
+
+            #endregion
+
+            #region Methods
+
+            /// <inheritdoc cref="System.Collections.IEnumerator.MoveNext"/>
+            [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+            public bool MoveNext() => ++_position < _columns._width;
+
+            #endregion
+        }
+    }
+
+    #endregion
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ScreenCapture.NET/Model/ScreenImage.cs b/ScreenCapture.NET/Model/ScreenImage.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b6c47e..0000000
--- a/ScreenCapture.NET/Model/ScreenImage.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,102 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
-using System.Threading;
-
-namespace ScreenCapture.NET;
-
-public sealed class ScreenImage<TColor> : IScreenImage
-    where TColor : struct, IColor
-{
-    #region Properties & Fields
-
-    private readonly object _lock = new();
-    private byte[] _buffer;
-
-    public Span<byte> Raw => _buffer;
-    public Span<TColor> Pixels => MemoryMarshal.Cast<byte, TColor>(_buffer);
-
-    public int Width { get; private set; }
-    public int Height { get; private set; }
-    public int Stride => Width * ColorFormat.BytesPerPixel;
-    public ColorFormat ColorFormat { get; }
-
-    #endregion
-
-    #region Indexer
-
-    IColor IScreenImage.this[int x, int y] => this[x, y];
-    public TColor this[int x, int y] => Pixels[(y * Width) + x];
-
-    #endregion
-
-    #region Constructors
-
-    internal ScreenImage(int width, int height, ColorFormat colorFormat)
-    {
-        this.Width = width;
-        this.Height = height;
-        this.ColorFormat = colorFormat;
-
-        _buffer = new byte[width * height * colorFormat.BytesPerPixel];
-    }
-
-    #endregion
-
-    #region Methods
-
-    internal void Resize(int width, int height)
-    {
-        Width = width;
-        Height = height;
-
-        _buffer = new byte[width * height * ColorFormat.BytesPerPixel];
-    }
-
-    public IDisposable Lock()
-    {
-        Monitor.Enter(_lock);
-        return new UnlockDisposable(_lock);
-    }
-
-    #endregion
-
-    private class UnlockDisposable : IDisposable
-    {
-        #region Properties & Fields
-
-        private bool _disposed = false;
-        private readonly object _lock;
-
-        #endregion
-
-        #region Constructors
-
-        public UnlockDisposable(object @lock) => this._lock = @lock;
-
-        #endregion
-
-        #region Methods
-
-        public void Dispose()
-        {
-            if (_disposed) throw new ObjectDisposedException("The lock is already released");
-
-            Monitor.Exit(_lock);
-            _disposed = true;
-        }
-
-        #endregion
-    }
-
-    public readonly ref struct ScreemImageRow
-    {
-        private readonly Span<TColor> _pixels;
-
-        public IColor this[int x] => _pixels[x];
-
-        public ScreemImageRow(Span<TColor> pixels)
-        {
-            this._pixels = pixels;
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ScreenCapture.NET/ScreenCapture.NET.csproj b/ScreenCapture.NET/ScreenCapture.NET.csproj
index 8396d8a..49dfad2 100644
--- a/ScreenCapture.NET/ScreenCapture.NET.csproj
+++ b/ScreenCapture.NET/ScreenCapture.NET.csproj
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@
     <SymbolPackageFormat>snupkg</SymbolPackageFormat>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)'=='net6.0'">
-    <EnablePreviewFeatures>true</EnablePreviewFeatures>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
     <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);TRACE;DEBUG</DefineConstants>
     <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>