For example, Meshroom uses the serial number in the EXIF informations to detect if two identical cameras (same model) were used in one scene.
I guess it's used by Meshroom/Alicevision to prevent any confusion with a set of pictures that differs from the rest, it's later maybe applying a less strict matching algorithm to merge the sets from the two cameras.
Applying a serial number from the run ID of the scan could be really simple, but it could maybe lead to issues if you do a very short complementary scan (with only 10 pictures of a specific angle, for example), meshroom could refuse to merge it, maybe.
Applying a serial number based on a hash of the camera settings could be a better alternative.
You can either choose to specify the cameraBody serial number of the cameraLens serial number.
For example, Meshroom uses the serial number in the EXIF informations to detect if two identical cameras (same model) were used in one scene.
I guess it's used by Meshroom/Alicevision to prevent any confusion with a set of pictures that differs from the rest, it's later maybe applying a less strict matching algorithm to merge the sets from the two cameras.
Applying a serial number from the run ID of the scan could be really simple, but it could maybe lead to issues if you do a very short complementary scan (with only 10 pictures of a specific angle, for example), meshroom could refuse to merge it, maybe.
Applying a serial number based on a hash of the camera settings could be a better alternative.
You can either choose to specify the cameraBody serial number of the cameraLens serial number.
Based on aliceVision sourcecode : https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/blob/5eadcfab5c291e238edc61bb23c309202fc63668/src/aliceVision/sfmData/View.hpp#L290 https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/blob/5eadcfab5c291e238edc61bb23c309202fc63668/src/aliceVision/sfmData/View.hpp#L299
here are the possible strings you could write to in the exif metadata :
Camera Body
Exif:BodySerialNumber
cameraSerialNumber
SerialNumber
Serial Number
Camera Lens
Exif:LensSerialNumber
lensSerialNumber
lens serial number