How can I match color between identical cameras using different lenses for panorama stitching?

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I’m stitching images from identical cameras, but one uses a wide-angle lens and the other a fisheye lens. Even after calibration with a Macbeth ColorChecker at three color temperatures, the stitched result shows clear color differences, with the fisheye view appearing warmer.

Current pipeline:
- black level correction
- white balance
- color correction
- gamma correction

Camera hardware settings are at default. Can hardware settings such as white balance, shutter speed, or brightness help keep color more consistent across the different lenses, or is scene-by-scene adjustment unavoidable when using different lenses for stitching?

user39557 · Answer

It is possible to create a very close look out of mismatched lenses if you make color profiles for each one.

The process involves shooting a color chart with known color values in a controlled environment and determining the deviation from those known values to the actual result on the camera. You can even use the macbeth color checker to create a basic profile, but a chart with a lot more colors will allow you to craft a more accurate profile. A cheap it8 chart would be a good start, if you can afford it get a ColorChecker Digital SG

Once the profile is created you apply it to the images to have matching results.

Note that the profile it will only be valid for a specific lens and the specific color temperature used to shoot the chart.

Read: http://www.steves-digicams.com/knowledge-center/profiling-a-camera-with-an-it8-target and https://ninedegreesbelow.com/photography/well-behaved-camera-profile.html and https://photography.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-create-a-custom-color-profile-for-your-camera--cms-24339

How can I match color between identical cameras using different lenses for panorama stitching?

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