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Luminance

Luminance converter - convert between candelas per square meter (nits), foot-lamberts, stilbs and apostilbs.

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candelas per square meter · ≈ 100 cd/m² (base)

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  • cd/m²candela per square meter100
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Formula
nt = cd/m² × 1
Calculation
100 × 1 = 100
Factor
× 1

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