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cv.getDefaultNewCameraMatrix

Returns the default new camera matrix

newCameraMatrix = cv.getDefaultNewCameraMatrix(cameraMatrix)
[...] = cv.getDefaultNewCameraMatrix(..., 'OptionName',optionValue, ...)

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The function returns the camera matrix that is either an exact copy of the input cameraMatrix (when CenterPrinicipalPoint=false), or the modified one (when CenterPrincipalPoint=true).

In the latter case, the new camera matrix will be:

[ fx,   0,  (ImgSize(1)-1)*0.5 ;
   0,  fy,  (ImgSize(2)-1)*0.5 ;
   0,   0,                   1 ]

where fx and fy are (0,0) and (1,1) elements of cameraMatrix, respectively.

By default, the undistortion functions in OpenCV (see cv.undistort, cv.initUndistortRectifyMap) do not move the principal point. However, when you work with stereo, it is important to move the principal points in both views to the same y-coordinate (which is required by most of stereo correspondence algorithms), and may be to the same x-coordinate too. So, you can form the new camera matrix for each view where the principal points are located at the center.