Gallery of Lights


Home Login
Album list Last uploads Last comments Most viewed Top rated My Favorites Search
Home > User galleries > joe_347V > Sunsets and Night Scenes
Return to the thumbnail page FILE 25/29 Return to start See previous file See next file Skip to end
HPS vs MH Highmasts Here's a pic showing a comparison between the HPS highmasts that's used on the freeway and some MH highmasts used in a parking lot. The HPS highmasts are [url=http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-2781]Quality Lighting 123[/url] lumes, and the MH highmasts are [url=http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-4454]GEs[/url] but on a taller pole. Keywords: Lit_Lighting

HPS vs MH Highmasts

Here's a pic showing a comparison between the HPS highmasts that's used on the freeway and some MH highmasts used in a parking lot. The HPS highmasts are Quality Lighting 123 lumes, and the MH highmasts are GEs but on a taller pole.

P4080426.JPG DSCN5375.JPG PC300479.JPG PC300485.JPG DSCN5380.JPG
File information
Filename:PC300479.JPG
Album name:joe_347V / Sunsets and Night Scenes
Keywords:Lit_Lighting
Filesize:132 KiB
Date added:Jan 03, 2011
Dimensions:1600 x 1200 pixels
Displayed:136 times
Color Space:sRGB
Contrast:0
DateTime Original:2010:12:30 16:45:36
Exposure Bias:-1.3 EV
Exposure Mode:1
Exposure Program:Program
Exposure Time:1/30 sec
FNumber:f/3.7
Flash:No Flash
Focal length:6.2 mm
ISO:200
Light Source:Flash
Make:Olympus Imaging Corp.
Max Aperture:f/3.5
Model:SP600UZ
URL:http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=4496
Favorites:Add to Favorites

Comment 1 to 9 of 9
Page: 1

GullWhiz   [Jan 03, 2011 at 12:33 AM]
I will try to make my version which a good place is in Southern Baltimore at I-95....
gailgrove   [Jan 03, 2011 at 07:15 PM]
Oh yeah I know where that is.
joe_347V   [Jan 03, 2011 at 07:22 PM]
Yep, 401 and Weston road looking east Very Happy
streetlight98   [Feb 26, 2011 at 11:08 PM]
The MH ones are defenatly brighter.
gailgrove   [Feb 26, 2011 at 11:13 PM]
No they are not, a 1KW MH lamp gives out 110,000 lumens and a 1KW HPS gives out 140,000 lumens, this picture doesn't show how bright they are any ways Wink
Form109   [Feb 26, 2011 at 11:15 PM]
in lumen terms its brighter...but white light looks brighter to me in person,even if the orange light source produces more lumens.
joe_347V   [Feb 27, 2011 at 04:28 AM]
Yep Niall is right about the pic, it's a bit dimmer than usual because I had the camera at a lower exposure than normal so I could take the pic in low light without that much blurring.

I checked the original file and the pic was apparently taken at around 5:00 pm but it was a pretty cloudly day though.

But I agree with Devonte too, white light sources seem to be brighter to me in person too than a orange light source with the same lumens.
GullWhiz   [Feb 27, 2011 at 06:18 AM]
Yes it is more visible in white color....I myself would know cuz I live near I-95 which has miles and miles of MH highmasts and some HPS highmast and I can see!
streetlight98   [Feb 27, 2011 at 02:44 PM]
Photometrically, MH is more efficient, but in raw lumens, HPS wins out. The utilities know that, they just hide it becuse HPS is cheaper to buy. Confused

Comment 1 to 9 of 9
Page: 1
Powered by Coppermine Photo Gallery