Lens Angle Of View - Nikon D300 Complete Manual

The following table illustrates the angle of view difference for
each of the common Nikon focal lengths.
Note: The Lens Angle of View table (below) is slightly different
from the one in Nikon's manuals, as it is derived from
precise calculations involving image size and not the
generic and rounded 1.5x factor Nikon uses (it should be
1.52). The D300's aspect ratio is close to that for 35mm in
final pixel size (1.49:1 versus 1.5:1), but the exact "angle of
view" depends upon whether you use the horizontal or
diagonal axis figures.

Lens Angle of View

focal 35mm
length Horz
Angle
14mm 104°
15mm 100
17mm 93
18mm 90
20mm 84
24mm 74
28mm 65
35mm 54
50mm 40
60mm 33
70mm 29
85mm 24
105mm 19
135mm 15
180mm 11
200mm 10
300mm 6.86
400mm 5.15
500mm 4.12
600mm 3.43
800mm 2.57
All angles of view are expressed in degrees. Values for lenses shorter than
300 have been rounded to the nearest digit. Focal length equivalents
have been rounded to the nearest digit.
35mm Frame Size: width = 24mm, length = 36mm, diagonal = 43.27mm;
D300 Frame Size: width = 15.8mm, length = 23.6mm, diagonal =
28.4mm
Thom Hogan's Complete Guide to the Nikon D300
35mm 35mm
Vert Diag
Angle Angle
81° 114°
77 110
70 103
67 100
62 94
53 84
46 75
38 63
27 47
23 40
19 34
16 29
13 23
10 18
8 14
7 12
4.58 8.24
3.43 6.19
2.74 4.95
2.29 4.12
1.71 3.09
D300 D300
Horz Vert
Angle Angle
80° 59°
76 56
70 50
66 47
61 43
52 36
46 31
37 25
27 18
22 15
19 13
16 11
13 9
10 7
7.5 5
6.75 4.52
4.5 3.01
3.37 2.26
2.7 1.81
2.25 1.5
1.69 1.13
V1.02
D300 D300
Diag equiv
Angle focal
length
91° 21mm
87 23mm
80 26mm
77 27mm
71 30mm
61 36mm
54 43mm
44 53mm
32 76mm
27 91mm
23 106mm
19 129mm
15 160mm
12 205mm
9 274mm
8.12 304mm
5.42 456mm
4.06 608mm
3.25 760mm
2.71 912mm
2.03 1218mm
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