Artificial daylight

Artificial daylight
An synthetic light having a parallel colour temperature to daylight.
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artificial daylight
man-made light source that closely reproduces the color and spectral distriburion of natural daylight.
artificial fiber
a classification of manufactured fibers made from natural sources such as wood or other plant material.

-Artificial daylight - artificial light having a similar color temperature to daylight.
-Artificial light - all light not originating from a natural source - normally the sun.

To measure noise levels we take a sequence of images of a GretagMacBeth ColorChecker chart (controlled artificial daylight lighting). The exposure is matched to the ISO (i.e. ISO 200, 1/200 sec for consistency of exposure between cameras).

See also: Daylight, Light, ISO, Exposure, Sharp