Live correcting color on multiple Mini DV cameras and MBP?

I'm looking for a solution. I am a wedding videographer, I shoot with a Canon XL1s, Canon GL2, and sometimes another Canon camera (model changes). What i am looking for is a way to plug the cameras into my macbook pro and be able to calibrate the colors. Thats what i struggle with is getting all the colors to match from camera to camera. Does anyone have any ideas?

If ionly it were that simple. Then we could all buy a $200 camera, white balance it, and it would look the same as a $30,000 camera (or more.) The way the cameras handle light is different. The amount of ccd chips makes a difference. The quality of pixel record on those ccd chips... etc. I did something similar. I used three different cameras to shoot a staged play. THen multitracked the iso tapes. It took SEVERAL hours of color correcting before I could even begin to edit. They were all white balanced to the same object on the stage, at the same time, under the same light. ANd the differences were light night and day.
There is a vector scope and histogram monitor in the capture window, but you would only be able to give yourself a preview of how much work you'll have to do in post to match the cameras. THe good news is, you can get them pretty darn close if you know how to color correct well. I actually learned a lot more about color correcting from learning photoshop than I did from learning FCP. Photoshop work greatly improved my FCP filter manipulation.
Good luck, but if you can afford to get another camera, try to get a match.Maybe sell the other ones...just suggestions...

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camera.
I haven't used it yet, just opened the box.
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they say
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