def read_cameras_binary(path_to_model_file):
    """
    see: src/base/reconstruction.cc
        void Reconstruction::WriteCamerasBinary(const std::string& path)
        void Reconstruction::ReadCamerasBinary(const std::string& path)
    """
    cameras = {}
    with open(path_to_model_file, "rb") as fid:
        num_cameras = read_next_bytes(fid, 8, "Q")[0]
        for camera_line_index in range(num_cameras):
            camera_properties = read_next_bytes(
                fid, num_bytes=24, format_char_sequence="iiQQ")
            camera_id = camera_properties[0]
            model_id = camera_properties[1]
            model_name = CAMERA_MODEL_IDS[camera_properties[1]].model_name
            width = camera_properties[2]
            height = camera_properties[3]
            num_params = CAMERA_MODEL_IDS[model_id].num_params
            params = read_next_bytes(fid, num_bytes=8*num_params,
                                     format_char_sequence="d"*num_params)
            cameras[camera_id] = Camera(id=camera_id,
                                        model=model_name,
                                        width=width,
                                        height=height,
                                        params=np.array(params))
        assert len(cameras) == num_cameras
    return cameras

    see: src/base/reconstruction.cc
        void Reconstruction::WriteCamerasBinary(const std::string& path)
        void Reconstruction::ReadCamerasBinary(const std::string& path)
    
instant-nsr-pl/datasets/colmap_utils.py