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Angle of view for 104 lenses

Pick a focal length and a sensor and see the angle of view, the 35 mm equivalent and how wide a frame you get two paces away.

Full frame

The 36×24 mm frame. It is the reference for angle of view, so its crop factor is 1.

36 × 24 mm
8mm139.4°Ultra-wide · Frame width at 2 m 9 m10mm130.4°Ultra-wide · Frame width at 2 m 7.2 m12mm122°Ultra-wide · Frame width at 2 m 6 m14mm114.2°Ultra-wide · Frame width at 2 m 5.14 m16mm107°Ultra-wide · Frame width at 2 m 4.5 m18mm100.5°Wide · Frame width at 2 m 4 m20mm94.5°Wide · Frame width at 2 m 3.6 m24mm84.1°Wide · Frame width at 2 m 3 m25mm81.7°Wide · Frame width at 2 m 2.88 m28mm75.4°Wide · Frame width at 2 m 2.57 m35mm63.4°Standard · Frame width at 2 m 2.06 m40mm56.8°Standard · Frame width at 2 m 1.8 m50mm46.8°Standard · Frame width at 2 m 1.44 m60mm39.7°Standard · Frame width at 2 m 1.2 m70mm34.3°Standard · Frame width at 2 m 1.03 m85mm28.6°Telephoto · Frame width at 2 m 0.85 m100mm24.4°Telephoto · Frame width at 2 m 0.72 m105mm23.3°Telephoto · Frame width at 2 m 0.69 m135mm18.2°Telephoto · Frame width at 2 m 0.53 m150mm16.4°Telephoto · Frame width at 2 m 0.48 m200mm12.3°Telephoto · Frame width at 2 m 0.36 m300mm8.2°Telephoto · Frame width at 2 m 0.24 m400mm6.2°Super telephoto · Frame width at 2 m 0.18 m500mm5°Super telephoto · Frame width at 2 m 0.14 m600mm4.1°Super telephoto · Frame width at 2 m 0.12 m800mm3.1°Super telephoto · Frame width at 2 m 0.09 m

APS-C

One step smaller than full frame; the same lens covers a narrower field and looks longer.

23.5 × 15.6 mm
8mm120.9°Ultra-wide · 35 mm equivalent 12mm10mm109.3°Ultra-wide · 35 mm equivalent 15mm12mm99.2°Wide · 35 mm equivalent 18mm14mm90.4°Wide · 35 mm equivalent 21mm16mm82.8°Wide · 35 mm equivalent 24mm18mm76.2°Wide · 35 mm equivalent 28mm20mm70.4°Wide · 35 mm equivalent 31mm24mm60.9°Standard · 35 mm equivalent 37mm25mm58.9°Standard · 35 mm equivalent 38mm28mm53.5°Standard · 35 mm equivalent 43mm35mm43.9°Standard · 35 mm equivalent 54mm40mm38.8°Standard · 35 mm equivalent 61mm50mm31.5°Telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 77mm60mm26.5°Telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 92mm70mm22.8°Telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 107mm85mm18.8°Telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 130mm100mm16.1°Telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 153mm105mm15.3°Telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 161mm135mm11.9°Telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 207mm150mm10.7°Telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 230mm200mm8.1°Super telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 306mm300mm5.4°Super telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 459mm400mm4°Super telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 612mm500mm3.2°Super telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 765mm600mm2.7°Super telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 918mm800mm2°Super telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 1224mm

Micro Four Thirds

A 17.3×13 mm frame with a crop factor of 2 — just double the focal length to read it.

17.3 × 13 mm
8mm107°Ultra-wide · 35 mm equivalent 16mm10mm94.5°Wide · 35 mm equivalent 20mm12mm84.1°Wide · 35 mm equivalent 24mm14mm75.4°Wide · 35 mm equivalent 28mm16mm68.1°Wide · 35 mm equivalent 32mm18mm62°Standard · 35 mm equivalent 36mm20mm56.8°Standard · 35 mm equivalent 40mm24mm48.5°Standard · 35 mm equivalent 48mm25mm46.8°Standard · 35 mm equivalent 50mm28mm42.3°Standard · 35 mm equivalent 56mm35mm34.4°Standard · 35 mm equivalent 70mm40mm30.3°Telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 80mm50mm24.4°Telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 100mm60mm20.4°Telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 120mm70mm17.6°Telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 140mm85mm14.5°Telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 170mm100mm12.4°Telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 200mm105mm11.8°Telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 210mm135mm9.2°Telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 270mm150mm8.3°Telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 300mm200mm6.2°Super telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 400mm300mm4.1°Super telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 600mm400mm3.1°Super telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 800mm500mm2.5°Super telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 1000mm600mm2.1°Super telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 1200mm800mm1.5°Super telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 1600mm

1-inch

The size found in premium compacts and drones, with a crop factor near 2.7.

13.2 × 8.8 mm
8mm89.5°Wide · 35 mm equivalent 22mm10mm76.8°Wide · 35 mm equivalent 27mm12mm66.9°Wide · 35 mm equivalent 33mm14mm59.1°Standard · 35 mm equivalent 38mm16mm52.7°Standard · 35 mm equivalent 44mm18mm47.6°Standard · 35 mm equivalent 49mm20mm43.3°Standard · 35 mm equivalent 55mm24mm36.6°Standard · 35 mm equivalent 66mm25mm35.2°Standard · 35 mm equivalent 68mm28mm31.6°Telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 76mm35mm25.5°Telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 96mm40mm22.4°Telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 109mm50mm18°Telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 137mm60mm15.1°Telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 164mm70mm12.9°Telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 191mm85mm10.7°Telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 232mm100mm9.1°Telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 273mm105mm8.6°Telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 287mm135mm6.7°Super telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 369mm150mm6.1°Super telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 410mm200mm4.5°Super telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 546mm300mm3°Super telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 819mm400mm2.3°Super telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 1092mm500mm1.8°Super telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 1365mm600mm1.5°Super telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 1638mm800mm1.1°Super telephoto · 35 mm equivalent 2184mm

Category

  • Ultra-wide

    Fits a great deal into one frame; edges stretch, so keep people away from the corners.

  • Wide

    For tight interiors and landscapes. Step close and whatever is in front looms large.

  • Standard

    Closest to how the eye takes a scene in — the safest choice for everyday photographs.

  • Telephoto

    Pulls distant things closer, compresses the background and blurs it, which flatters portraits.

  • Super telephoto

    For subjects you cannot approach — birds, stadiums. Extremely sensitive to shake.

How to read this

  • Focal length alone does not fix the angle of view — the same 50 mm sees less on a smaller sensor.
  • The crop factor is the sensor diagonal divided into the 35 mm diagonal; multiply the focal length by it for the equivalent.
  • Longer lenses magnify shake. Handheld, a shutter speed faster than one over the equivalent focal length is the usual rule.
  • A wider angle is not purely more scene: the edges stretch, so faces belong near the middle.

Frequently asked questions

Q. What is a crop factor?

It measures how much smaller a sensor is than the 35 mm frame, taken along the diagonal. APS-C is about 1.5, Micro Four Thirds is 2. Multiply the focal length by it and you get the 35 mm lens that frames the same scene.

Q. Is 50 mm really the same as human vision?

On full frame a 50 mm covers about 47° diagonally, close to the area a person attends to at once. Human peripheral vision is far wider, so treat the saying as a rough resemblance rather than a fact.

Q. Which lens suits portraits?

85 to 135 mm equivalent is the usual range. It puts you at a comfortable distance, keeps facial proportions natural and throws the background out of focus. In a small room, a 50 mm equivalent will do.

Q. Does the same lens change angle on a different camera?

The lens does not change, but a smaller sensor crops into its image circle, so the resulting angle narrows. To match a 50 mm shot on full frame you need roughly 35 mm on APS-C.

Q. How are these numbers worked out?

Only the focal length and the sensor dimensions are stored. Each angle is twice the arctangent of one sensor side divided by twice the focal length, and the crop factor is a ratio of diagonals.