Field-of-view of lenses by focal length
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Field-of-view (also known as FOV)
The values for Field of View (FOV), sometimes sloppily referred to as "lens view" or better, "angle of view", come up frequently enough at the forums that I thought a list might be helpful for quick reference.
Remember that focal length is stated for infinity and most lenses decrease in focal length as you focus closer.
Panorama made of 12 vertical shots stitched together
Nikon D70 with 12-24mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S DX Nikkor @ 12mm, f/7.1, 1/60s
With hand-held SB-800 on SC-29 cable, TTL|BL flash setting
Please note, this is a table of rectilinear values, i.e. values for rectilinear lenses; fisheye field of view is a different beast.
How to use the table: Hopefully the table is quite self-explanatory, but let's say you are looking for the Field-of-view of a 50mm lens mounted on an FX body. In the column "Lens Focal Length", go down to the row marked "50mm" and then over to the green area marked "35mm & FX format (1)". The FOV for a 50mm lens would be 39.6 degrees horizontally and 27.0 degrees vertically. Diagonally, the FOV is 46.8 degrees.
For a 55mm lens on a APS-C/DX sensor format body, the field of view would thus be 24.0 degrees horizontally, 16.1 degrees vertically and 28.7 degrees diagonally.
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Lens
Focal Length |
FOV (Angles in degrees)
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35mm & FX format (1)
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DX format (2)
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CX Nikon 1 format (3)
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Horizontal
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Vertical
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Diagonal
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Horizontal
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Vertical
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Diagonal
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Horizontal
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Vertical
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Diagonal
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10mm
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121.9
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100.4
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130.4
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99.0
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75.9
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109.2
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66.8
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47.5
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76.8
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11mm
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117.1
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95.0
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126.1
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93.5
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70.7
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103.9
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61.9
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43.6
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71.6
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12mm
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112.6
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90.0
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122.0
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88.5
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66.0
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99.0
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57.6
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40.3
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66.9
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14mm
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104.3
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81.2
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114.2
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79.8
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58.2
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90.3
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50.5
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34.9
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59.1
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15mm
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100.4
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77.3
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110.5
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75.9
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54.9
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86.3
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47.5
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32.7
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55.7
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17mm
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93.3
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70.4
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103.7
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69.1
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49.3
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79.2
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42.4
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29.0
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50.0
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18mm
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90.0
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67.4
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100.5
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66.0
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46.9
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76.0
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40.3
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27.5
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47.6
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19mm
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86.9
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64.6
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97.4
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63.2
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44.6
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73.0
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38.3
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26.1
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45.3
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20mm
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84.0
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61.9
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94.5
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60.7
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42.6
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70.2
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36.5
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24.8
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43.3
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24mm
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73.7
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53.1
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84.1
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52.0
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36.0
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60.7
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30.8
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20.8
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36.6
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28mm
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65.5
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46.4
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75.4
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45.4
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31.1
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53.3
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26.5
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17.9
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31.6
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30mm
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61.9
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43.6
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71.6
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42.6
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29.1
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50.2
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24.8
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16.7
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29.6
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35mm
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54.4
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37.8
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63.4
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37.0
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25.1
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43.8
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21.4
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14.3
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25.5
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45mm
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43.6
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29.9
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51.4
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29.1
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19.7
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34.7
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16.7
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11.2
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20.0
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50mm
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39.6
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27.0
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46.8
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26.3
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17.7
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31.4
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15.0
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10.1
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18.0
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55mm
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36.2
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24.6
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42.9
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24.0
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16.1
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28.7
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13.7
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9.1
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16.4
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60mm
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33.4
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22.6
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39.7
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22.1
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14.8
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26.4
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12.6
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8.4
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15.1
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70mm
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28.8
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19.5
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34.3
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19.0
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12.7
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22.7
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10.8
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7.2
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12.9
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75mm
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27.0
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18.2
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32.2
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17.7
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11.9
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21.2
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10.1
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6.7
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12.1
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80mm
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25.4
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17.1
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30.3
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16.6
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11.1
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19.9
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9.4
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6.3
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11.3
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85mm
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23.9
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16.1
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28.6
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15.7
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10.5
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18.8
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8.9
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5.9
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10.7
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90mm
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22.6
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15.2
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27.0
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14.8
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9.9
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17.8
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8.4
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5.6
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10.1
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100mm
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20.4
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13.7
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24.4
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13.3
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8.9
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16.0
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7.6
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5.0
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9.1
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105mm
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19.5
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13.0
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23.3
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12.7
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8.5
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15.3
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7.2
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4.8
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8.6
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120mm
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17.1
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11.4
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20.4
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11.1
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7.4
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13.4
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6.3
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4.2
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7.6
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125mm
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16.4
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11.0
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19.6
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10.7
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7.1
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12.8
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6.0
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4.0
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7.3
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135mm
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15.2
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10.2
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18.2
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9.9
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6.6
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11.9
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5.6
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3.7
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6.7
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150mm
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13.7
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9.1
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16.4
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8.9
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6.0
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10.7
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5.0
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3.4
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6.1
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170mm
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12.1
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8.1
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14.5
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7.9
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5.3
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9.5
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4.4
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3.0
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5.3
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180mm
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11.4
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7.6
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13.7
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7.4
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5.0
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8.9
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4.2
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2.8
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5.0
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200mm
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10.3
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6.9
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12.3
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6.7
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4.5
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8.0
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3.8
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2.5
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4.5
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210mm
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9.8
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6.5
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11.8
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6.4
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4.3
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7.7
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3.6
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2.4
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4.3
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300mm
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6.9
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4.6
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8.2
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4.5
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3.0
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5.4
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2.5
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1.7
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3.0
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400mm
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5.2
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3.4
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6.2
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3.4
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2.2
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4.0
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1.9
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1.3
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2.3
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500mm
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4.1
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2.7
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5.0
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2.7
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1.8
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3.2
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1.5
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1.0
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1.8
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600mm
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3.4
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2.3
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4.1
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2.2
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1.5
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2.7
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1.3
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0.8
|
1.5
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800mm
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2.6
|
1.7
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3.1
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1.7
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1.1
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2.0
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0.9
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0.6
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1.1
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| Format | 35mm & FX (1) | APS-C / DX (2) | CX Nikon 1 (3) | ||||||||
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(1) 36x24mm 35mm film frame/FX sensor size - Field of View Crop Factor = 1 (2) 23.6x15.7mm APS-C/DX sensor size - Crop factor = 1.5 (3) 13.2x8.8mm Nikon1/CX sensor size - Crop factor = 2.8 |
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Originally written on January 9, 2013
Last updated on January 18, 2021
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