Calculate Angle of View

This calculator will give you the angle of view for each image format (Film and Video)

Enter the focal length in millimeters in the column and click "Calculate".

Enter Focal Length millimeters
Image Size (millimeters) Angle of View (degree)
Image Format Horizontal Vertical Diagonal Horizontal Vertical Diagonal
Free Form
35mm Still 36.0 24.0 43.3
35mm Movie 22.1 16.0 27.3
Super 16mm Movie 12.5 7.4 14.6
2/3" 16:9 Wide screen 9.6 5.4 11.0
2/3" 4:3 Cross Over (switchable) 7.2 5.4 9.0
2/3" 4:3 Standard 8.8 6.6 11.0
1/2" 16:9 Wide screen 6.97 3.92 8.0
1/2" 4:3 Standard 6.4 4.8 8.0
1/3" 16:9 Wide screen 5.2 2.9 6.0
1/3" 4:3 Standard 4.8 3.6 6.0
1" Sensor 12.8 9.6 16.0
1/2.3" Sensor 6.16 4.62 7.7
Super 35 DCI 26.2 13.8 29.6
Super 35 UHD 24.6 13.8 28.2
Full Frame Sensor 38.1 20.1 43.1
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