[Radiance-general] Luminance meter

[Kirk Thibault]

Here is a link to the Sekonic L-558C Dualmaster - Digital Incident,  
Spot and Flash Light Meter that includes a 1 degree reflected light  
spotmeter and It offers foot-candle, lux, foot-lambert and cd/m2  
measuring modes.

http://www.sekonic.com/products/products.asp?ID=5

Here is a sample price from BH Photo - $639 new.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home? 
O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=300412&is=REG&addedTroughType=categoryNav 
igation

maybe this is a useful alternative?

kirk
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Kirk L. Thibault, Ph.D.
kthibault at biomechanicsinc.com

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On Jun 26, 2006, at 7:01 AM, Raquel Viula wrote:

> Dear all
> I'm looking into buying a Luminance meter in order to carry out  
> some light measurements in urban open spaces. The ideia is to have  
> some sort of reference values in key open spaces of different  
> configuration and surface materials, that we can use as a basis to  
> understand what the brightness values we get in our simulated  
> scenes actually mean in the real world.
>
> I've been looking at Minolta LS100 (http://www.tequipment.net/ 
> MinoltaLS100.asp) with very greedy eyes. But the price is quite  
> high (more than £2,000 and as high as £3,000 in some websites). I  
> was wondering if this is the sort of price I should expect to pay  
> for a good meter or if there are others that will do the same job  
> and are less pricey? Would anyone suggest any other instruments?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Raquel
>
> Raquel Viula
> Foster and Partners
> Riverside Three
> 22 Hester Road
> London, SW11 4AN
>
> www.fosterandpartners.com
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