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Luminance converter
Convert nits, candela per square metre, footlamberts and stilb.
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Uses candela per square metre, also called a nit. One footlambert is 1/π candela per square foot; one lambert is 10,000/π cd/m². This describes luminance in a viewing direction and does not convert display brightness into lux without geometry. Values are rounded to 12 significant figures for display.
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- Amount to convert
- 1
- From
- Footlamberts (fL)
- To
- Nits (nit)
Example result
- Converted amount (nit)
- 3.42625909964
1 fL = 3.42625909964 nit