Firstly for Rosen on /stereo/[left|right]/camera_info:
In my case, i.e. after running:
"roslaunch videre_stereo_cam  videre.launch"
and
"rosrun stereo_image_proc stereo_image_proc stereo:=stereo image:=image_raw"
if I run e.g. "rostopic info /stereo/left/camera_info"
I am getting following:
"
Type: sensor_msgs/CameraInfo

Publishers:
 * /stereo/stereodcam (http://131.159.19.86:59224/)

Subscribers: None
"
So camera_info is being published by the stereodcam (and not by e.g.
/stereo/stereo_image_proc) node which I think is a desired behavior.

Secondly, response to myself:
> @Rosen: Out of curiosity, running videre.launch file from
> videre_stereo_cam pkg, what framerates are you getting? Mines are
> around 11-16 and I constantly get following warning:
> [ WARN] [1271160944.481652714]: Timed out waiting for camera.
This got magically (I swear:-)) better and now I am getting 30fps.

Thirdly, on getting color images:
I am still getting no color images.
After running "rosrun image_view stereo_view stereo:=stereo image:=image_color"
I seem to be getting image_raw displayed. Do I need to do something
special for color images?
cheers, D.