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  2. Mesopic vision - Wikipedia

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    Mesopic vision falls between these two extremes. In most nighttime environments, enough ambient light prevents true scotopic vision. In the words of Duco Schreuder: There is not one single luminescence value where photopic vision and scotopic vision meet. [Rather,] there is a wide zone of transition between them. Because it is between photopic ...

  3. Scotopic vision - Wikipedia

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    Mesopic vision occurs in intermediate lighting conditions (luminance level 10 −3 to 10 0.5 cd/m 2) [citation needed] and is effectively a combination of scotopic and photopic vision. This gives inaccurate visual acuity and color discrimination. In normal light (luminance level 10 to 10 8 cd/m 2), the vision of cone cells dominates and is ...

  4. Luminous efficiency function - Wikipedia

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    The standard scotopic luminous efficiency function or V ′ (λ) was adopted by the CIE in 1951, based on measurements by Wald (1945) and by Crawford (1949). [15] Luminosity for mesopic vision, a wide transitioning band between scotopic and phototic vision, is more poorly standardized. The consensus is that this luminous efficiency can be ...

  5. Visual perception - Wikipedia

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    In most vertebrates, visual perception can be enabled by photopic vision (daytime vision) or scotopic vision (night vision), with most vertebrates having both. Visual perception detects light (photons) in the visible spectrum reflected by objects in the environment or emitted by light sources.

  6. Overview of common vision problems and medications - AOL

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    Refractive errors, some of the most common types of vision problems, cannot be treated with medication, for example. Instead, glasses, contact lenses, and surgery are used to correct them as ...

  7. Purkinje effect - Wikipedia

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    An animated sequence of simulated appearances of a red flower (of a zonal geranium) and background foliage under photopic, mesopic, and scotopic conditions. The Purkinje effect or Purkinje phenomenon (Czech: [ˈpurkɪɲɛ] ⓘ; sometimes called the Purkinje shift, often pronounced / p ər ˈ k ɪ n dʒ i /) [1] is the tendency for the peak luminance sensitivity of the eye to shift toward the ...

  8. Adaptation (eye) - Wikipedia

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    Above a certain luminance level (about 0.03 cd/m 2), the cone mechanism is involved in mediating vision; photopic vision. Below this level, the rod mechanism comes into play providing scotopic (night) vision. The range where two mechanisms are working together is called the mesopic range, as there is not an abrupt transition between the two ...

  9. Photometry (optics) - Wikipedia

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    Photopic vision is characteristic of the eye's response at luminance levels over three candela per square metre. Scotopic vision occurs below 2 × 10 −5 cd/m 2. Mesopic vision occurs between these limits and is not well characterised for spectral response. [2] [1]