Light meters

[uncle_jim_in_kent]

Ebay has light meters from £10 up to £££. Varied ranges, accuracy and features.

The meter is required to evaluate optimal downlighter options (kitchen work top etc).

Any recommendation(s) please?

TIA

[Bob H]

Here ya go, google is my friend

[whisky-dave]

acy and features.

worktop etc).

That saimed at photographers so they have many more features than would be required for room lighting stats.

Haven't any recomendations myself, what do you need to measure intensisty I guess but what about colour temperature.

[Martin Brown]

A secondhand one from your local photographic dealers. They can be had for next to nothing now that cameras are all largely automatic.

[John Rumm]

The main limitation with photographic meters is that they are intended to measure reflected light, and for this application one wants to measure incident light - i.e. taking the illuminated surface reflectivity out of the equation.

A simple Lux meter like:

will do this quite well.

[polygonum]

I think I might try a light meter app for a mobile phone (if you can lay your hands on a smartphone, that is). For the price (many are free) it seems to be worth a go even if you then reject it as unsuitable for whatever reason.