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Re: [OM] EV18

Subject: Re: [OM] EV18
From: "Paul Farrar" <farrar@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 15:19:06 -0600 (CST)
I wrote:
> 
> Light is measured in a confusing welter of units. For the US, at least,
> traditional photographic units are footcandles for incident light 
> (illuminance) ...

But, I might add, typical incident light meters don't measure illuminance
because they have hemispheric domes instead of flat discs. But that actually
works better for practical photography.

Paul Farrar

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