Dr Andrew Scott G7VAV
MBCS, MIET, Member ACM, Member IEEE
My photo
Senior Lecturer [D35]
Computing Department
InfoLab 21, South Drive
Lancaster University
Lancaster, LA1 4WA
United Kingdom
 
November 2008
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
27 28 29 30 31 1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Field of view for camera lenses
The field of view is taken on the diagonal.
Published focal length for a lens will be the 35mm value, even if lens is made specifically for cameras using smaller sensors.
Full Frame (35mm) Nikon DX Canon Rebel
Focal Length   Field of View
10.0       130.38°    
17.0       103.68°    
18.0       100.48°    
20.0       94.49°    
24.0       84.06°    
28.0       75.38°    
30.0       71.59°    
35.0       63.44°    
45.0       51.35°    
50.0       46.79°    
55.0       42.94°    
60.0       39.65°    
70.0       34.35°    
85.0       28.56°    
90.0       27.03°    
105.0       23.28°    
135.0       18.21°    
150.0       16.41°    
180.0       13.71°    
200.0       12.35°    
300.0       8.25°    
400.0       6.19°    
500.0       4.95°    
600.0       4.13°    
800.0       3.10°    
1000.0       2.48°    
Focal Length   Field of View
15.0       109.75°    
25.5       79.80°    
27.0       76.59°    
30.0       70.80°    
36.0       61.27°    
42.0       53.83°    
45.0       50.70°    
52.5       44.21°    
67.5       35.06°    
75.0       31.74°    
82.5       28.98°    
90.0       26.66°    
105.0       22.96°    
127.5       18.99°    
135.0       17.95°    
157.5       15.42°    
202.5       12.02°    
225.0       10.83°    
270.0       9.03°    
300.0       8.13°    
450.0       5.43°    
600.0       4.07°    
750.0       3.26°    
900.0       2.71°    
1200.0       2.04°    
1500.0       1.63°    
Focal Length   Field of View
16.0       107.03°    
27.2       76.99°    
28.8       73.82°    
32.0       68.12°    
38.4       58.79°    
44.8       51.55°    
48.0       48.52°    
56.0       42.24°    
72.0       33.45°    
80.0       30.26°    
88.0       27.62°    
96.0       25.40°    
112.0       21.86°    
136.0       18.08°    
144.0       17.09°    
168.0       14.68°    
216.0       11.44°    
240.0       10.30°    
288.0       8.59°    
320.0       7.74°    
480.0       5.16°    
640.0       3.87°    
800.0       3.10°    
960.0       2.58°    
1280.0       1.94°    
1600.0       1.55°    
35mm Full Frame: Film cameras; Nikon D3; Canon EOS 1Ds Mark II, Canon 5D
Nikon DX: Other Nikon DSLR; Minolta Dynax 7D; Fujifilm FinePixS3 Pro; Pentax 1s DS
Canon Rebel: Other Canon DSLR
Values are calculated based on exact focal lengths and may vary slightly from those published for a given lenses.
Note that lenses used in Macro/Micro mode and Fisheye lenses will differ from these values.
© 2006 - 2008 Andrew Scott