Hi, I am also in finding ways to solve these problems.
- use only 1 camera for photo and video or have one for each task
Yes, better if you use one camera and one lens for pano and video, this will improve the color and
geometric difference.
I use Canon 5d and 24-70 or 24-105 lens.
- can i use the fisheye lens for both or do i need a
I think this is not good solution, fisheye gives a bad image quality.
- what about brightness/contrast/color differences between panorama and videohotspot
well, that's a serious problem for me now. I was not able to remove the difference when shooting.
I mount the video in Sony Vegas, I think it is not a good solution.
Better to use the Adobe After Effects.
moreover between photos and video there is a difference in the RGB color space, to understand this read about RGB color space, 24 and 32 bit.
I was not able to make color matching.
The edges of the video can be seen on the panorama, and I had to use a clipping mask:
Pano and Video hotspot color matching
- stitching and getting the video to the wright place (seamless alignment)
To do this, you need experience and time. This is an excellent solution for alignment video:
Video Hotspot Editor
i don't know how the different codecs will affect color/contrast of the video. a solution could be to record raw video to get the same data.
Codecs do not change color, but the colors of video on different computers may depend on the GPU settings.