Luminance and Wattage
09-May-95 23:00:15
Sb: #169219-Luminance and Wattage
Fm: Gus Grubba 70673,1605
To: Michele Bousquet 100237,162
Wattage would not be accurate regardless what you use (raytrace or scanline
render). Wattage is a function of energy spent not amount of light produced.
Different sources of light consume different amounts of energy even if
providing the same amount of light. Maybe lumens would be an alternative or add
the sophistication of specifying the light source type along with the Wattage
(Halogen, simple incandescent, fluorescent, sodium gas, etc.)
the geek…