Field of View Calculator, for lens and sensor

WayneF

Senior Member
Ever need to plan your shoot and lens to cover a certain scene area? Like a portrait that covers 2x3 feet of subject?

Calculator for Lens Field of View is a handy Field of View calculator. It shows Field of View (dimensional and angular) for a specified lens and sensor.

It has modes for DSLR (3:2), for compact (4:3), and for HD Movies (16:9).

You will need to know your sensor size (in mm), or your cameras crop factor. (either way)

Since 4:3 is not the shape of 35mm film, I don't know if the 4:3 crop factor applies to Width, Height, or Diagonal? The calculator assumes it applies to Width. Or if you know, you can just enter specific sensor dimensions, which leaves no mystery.
 
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