On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:11:11 -0700, "Michael Koblic"
wrote:

This is interesting!
I am not familiar with their units of luminosity. What is it in Lumens?
I was looking to make a ring light for my digital camera to photograph small
object in the past. Would this do in your opinion?


The candela is (about) the amount of light emitted by a standard candle.
280,000mcd is as meaningful as 280, 000 thou :-)


Mark Rand
RTFM