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This picture taken by Olympus D580 digital camera shows a shot of the Macbeth Color Chart taken at luminance of 0.6 Lux.

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My Observations:

-Noise:
This picture is noiser compared with pictures of Macbeth chart at higher luminance. For example, the white color patch on the left bottom of the macbeth chart has specks of magenta and green colored noise. This noise is also present in the white wall in the background of the picture.

- Color Fidelity:
Luminance of 0.6 Lux is very dark. It is approximately the amount of light present in a room with all the lights off at night. The Olympus D580 was still able to pick out some of the colors of the Macbeth Chart like the yellow patch (3rd row 4th column) and the light green patch (2nd row 5th column). Some of the darker color patches, like the blue patch (3rd row 1st column), red patch (3rd row 3rd column) , and the purple patch (2nd row 4th column) looks undistinguishable from black.

Click here for Sony Ericsson S700i Picture of Macbeth at 0.6 Lux