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FOV Tables: 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) 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.

Click for enlargement — 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.

Lens Focal Length	FOV (Angles in degrees)
	35mm & FX format (1)			DX format (2)			CX Nikon 1 format (3)
	Horizontal	Vertical	Diagonal	Horizontal	Vertical	Diagonal	Horizontal	Vertical	Diagonal
10mm	121.9	100.4	130.4	99.0	75.9	109.2	66.8	47.5	76.8
11mm	117.1	95.0	126.1	93.5	70.7	103.9	61.9	43.6	71.6
12mm	112.6	90.0	122.0	88.5	66.0	99.0	57.6	40.3	66.9
14mm	104.3	81.2	114.2	79.8	58.2	90.3	50.5	34.9	59.1
15mm	100.4	77.3	110.5	75.9	54.9	86.3	47.5	32.7	55.7
17mm	93.3	70.4	103.7	69.1	49.3	79.2	42.4	29.0	50.0
18mm	90.0	67.4	100.5	66.0	46.9	76.0	40.3	27.5	47.6
19mm	86.9	64.6	97.4	63.2	44.6	73.0	38.3	26.1	45.3
20mm	84.0	61.9	94.5	60.7	42.6	70.2	36.5	24.8	43.3
24mm	73.7	53.1	84.1	52.0	36.0	60.7	30.8	20.8	36.6
28mm	65.5	46.4	75.4	45.4	31.1	53.3	26.5	17.9	31.6
30mm	61.9	43.6	71.6	42.6	29.1	50.2	24.8	16.7	29.6
35mm	54.4	37.8	63.4	37.0	25.1	43.8	21.4	14.3	25.5
45mm	43.6	29.9	51.4	29.1	19.7	34.7	16.7	11.2	20.0
50mm	39.6	27.0	46.8	26.3	17.7	31.4	15.0	10.1	18.0
55mm	36.2	24.6	42.9	24.0	16.1	28.7	13.7	9.1	16.4
60mm	33.4	22.6	39.7	22.1	14.8	26.4	12.6	8.4	15.1
70mm	28.8	19.5	34.3	19.0	12.7	22.7	10.8	7.2	12.9
75mm	27.0	18.2	32.2	17.7	11.9	21.2	10.1	6.7	12.1
80mm	25.4	17.1	30.3	16.6	11.1	19.9	9.4	6.3	11.3
85mm	23.9	16.1	28.6	15.7	10.5	18.8	8.9	5.9	10.7
90mm	22.6	15.2	27.0	14.8	9.9	17.8	8.4	5.6	10.1
100mm	20.4	13.7	24.4	13.3	8.9	16.0	7.6	5.0	9.1
105mm	19.5	13.0	23.3	12.7	8.5	15.3	7.2	4.8	8.6
120mm	17.1	11.4	20.4	11.1	7.4	13.4	6.3	4.2	7.6
125mm	16.4	11.0	19.6	10.7	7.1	12.8	6.0	4.0	7.3
135mm	15.2	10.2	18.2	9.9	6.6	11.9	5.6	3.7	6.7
150mm	13.7	9.1	16.4	8.9	6.0	10.7	5.0	3.4	6.1
170mm	12.1	8.1	14.5	7.9	5.3	9.5	4.4	3.0	5.3
180mm	11.4	7.6	13.7	7.4	5.0	8.9	4.2	2.8	5.0
200mm	10.3	6.9	12.3	6.7	4.5	8.0	3.8	2.5	4.5
210mm	9.8	6.5	11.8	6.4	4.3	7.7	3.6	2.4	4.3
300mm	6.9	4.6	8.2	4.5	3.0	5.4	2.5	1.7	3.0
400mm	5.2	3.4	6.2	3.4	2.2	4.0	1.9	1.3	2.3
500mm	4.1	2.7	5.0	2.7	1.8	3.2	1.5	1.0	1.8
600mm	3.4	2.3	4.1	2.2	1.5	2.7	1.3	0.8	1.5
800mm	2.6	1.7	3.1	1.7	1.1	2.0	0.9	0.6	1.1
Format	35mm & FX (1)			APS-C / DX (2)			CX Nikon 1 (3)