Full frame: what each focal length frames

Every camera on this page has a full-frame sensor, so whatever the brand, a lens frames exactly as marked. A 50 mm lens has a horizontal angle of view of 39.6° on all 28 of them.

To see any of these focal lengths live, Prospekt (Lens Simulator: Prospekt on the App Store) turns your iPhone into a viewfinder for your camera body: pick the body and a focal length from 14 to 300 mm, point the phone, and the screen frames what that lens would. iPhone app, $3.99 once, no subscription.

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Cameras with this sensor

Canon R5 II Canon RF
Canon R6 III Canon RF
Canon R8 Canon RF
Canon R6 II Canon RF
Canon EOS R Canon RF
Canon EOS 5D IV Canon EF
Canon EOS 6D Canon EF
Canon EOS 6D II Canon EF
Sony A1 Sony E
Sony A9 III Sony E
Sony A7R V Sony E
Sony A7 IV Sony E
Sony A7C II Sony E
Nikon Z9 Nikon Z
Nikon Z8 Nikon Z
Nikon Z6 III Nikon Z
Nikon Z5 II Nikon Z
Nikon Zf Nikon Z
Panasonic S5 IIX L-Mount
Panasonic S5 II L-Mount
Panasonic S1H L-Mount
Leica M11 Leica M
Leica SL3 L-Mount
Leica Q3
Pentax K-1 III Pentax K
Pentax K-1 II Pentax K
Sigma fp L L-Mount
Sigma fp L-Mount

How the frames nest

Frames of 24, 35, 50, 85 and 135 mm lenses on this sensor, from the same spot. The outer frame is 24 mm.

Focal length table

Focal length	Full-frame equivalent	Horizontal angle	Vertical angle	Diagonal angle
14 mm	14 mm	104.3°	81.2°	114.2°
16 mm	16 mm	96.7°	73.7°	107.0°
18 mm	18 mm	90.0°	67.4°	100.5°
20 mm	20 mm	84.0°	61.9°	94.5°
24 mm	24 mm	73.7°	53.1°	84.1°
28 mm	28 mm	65.5°	46.4°	75.4°
35 mm	35 mm	54.4°	37.8°	63.4°
40 mm	40 mm	48.5°	33.4°	56.8°
50 mm	50 mm	39.6°	27.0°	46.8°
70 mm	70 mm	28.8°	19.5°	34.3°
85 mm	85 mm	23.9°	16.1°	28.6°
100 mm	100 mm	20.4°	13.7°	24.4°
135 mm	135 mm	15.2°	10.2°	18.2°
200 mm	200 mm	10.3°	6.9°	12.3°
300 mm	300 mm	6.9°	4.6°	8.2°

Common zoom ranges

A 16-35 mm zoom spans a horizontal angle of view from 96.7° to 54.4°.
A 24-70 mm zoom spans a horizontal angle of view from 73.7° to 28.8°.
A 24-105 mm zoom spans a horizontal angle of view from 73.7° to 19.5°.
A 70-200 mm zoom spans a horizontal angle of view from 28.8° to 10.3°.

What each focal length covers at a distance

Covers is the width x height of the scene with the camera held horizontally. Close up, real lenses frame a little tighter than these numbers.

Focal length	At 1 m	At 2 m	At 3 m	At 5 m	At 10 m
24 mm	1.5 × 1.0 m	3.0 × 2.0 m	4.5 × 3.0 m	7.5 × 5.0 m	15.0 × 10.0 m
35 mm	1.0 × 0.7 m	2.1 × 1.4 m	3.1 × 2.1 m	5.1 × 3.4 m	10.3 × 6.9 m
50 mm	0.7 × 0.5 m	1.4 × 1.0 m	2.2 × 1.4 m	3.6 × 2.4 m	7.2 × 4.8 m
85 mm	0.4 × 0.3 m	0.8 × 0.6 m	1.3 × 0.8 m	2.1 × 1.4 m	4.2 × 2.8 m
135 mm	0.3 × 0.2 m	0.5 × 0.4 m	0.8 × 0.5 m	1.3 × 0.9 m	2.7 × 1.8 m

How far to stand for a portrait

How far to stand from the subject with the camera held vertically, so the subject fills 90% of the frame height. Full body means a 1.8 m person, head and shoulders about 0.5 m.

35 mm: about 1.9 m (6.4 ft) for a full-body portrait, 0.5 m (1.8 ft) for head and shoulders.
50 mm: about 2.8 m (9.1 ft) for a full-body portrait, 0.8 m (2.5 ft) for head and shoulders.
85 mm: about 4.7 m (15 ft) for a full-body portrait, 1.3 m (4.3 ft) for head and shoulders.
135 mm: about 7.5 m (25 ft) for a full-body portrait, 2.1 m (6.8 ft) for head and shoulders.