The calculator below 👇can help you REALLY ROUGHLY estimate:
a.) how changes in distance will change lux values (for example, if a vendor tells you the lux at 100mm, but you need to know it at 50mm or 150mm)
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b.) how reported candela from a source will translate to lux at different distances.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
these approximations are based on inverse square law where the light from the source has super-wide, spready-outty beam angle. The narrower the beam of your illumination or the more collimated or laser-like it is, the less this approximation holds up.
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Calculate illuminance along central axis at target distance
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