What it frames

The Fujifilm GFX Eterna 55 with the Fujifilm GF 110mm f/2 R LM WR, over a 1.75 m person in front of a wall with a window. Everything is drawn to scale: the solid frame is what the camera takes in, the dashed ones are 24, 50 and 135mm on full frame from the same spot. Its Medium format (44 x 33) sensor (43.8 x 32.9 mm) has a crop factor of 0.79, so the dashed frames are marked with the focal length that gives the same view on it.

110mm on the Fujifilm GFX Eterna 55 frames 60 cm × 45 cm at 1.5 m: like 87mm on full frame, 23° across.

24mm eq. (30mm)50mm eq. (63mm)135mm eq. (171mm)110mm · like 87mm on full frame60 cm × 45 cm at 1.5 m
The subject is 1.5 m away; things behind it are drawn smaller, as the camera sees them.
Inside the frame: the picture you would get.

The numbers

  • Frame at 1.5 m60 cm × 45 cm
  • Full-frame equivalent87mm
  • Angle of view23° × 17°, 28° diagonal
  • Depth of field at f/21.49 m to 1.51 m (2.5 cm)
  • Depth of field at f/81.45 m to 1.55 m (10 cm)
  • Hyperfocal at f/2166 m
  • Hyperfocal at f/841.5 m
  • Circle of confusion0.037 mm
f/21.49 m to 1.51 m (2.5 cm)f/81.45 m to 1.55 m (10 cm)camerasubject, 1.5 m3 m
Depth of field: what is acceptably sharp, wide open and at f/8, focused on the subject.

How it is worked out

The frame at a distance is distance × sensor size ÷ focal length, across and up; the angle of view is 2 × atan(sensor size ÷ (2 × focal length)). Depth of field uses the thin-lens formulas: the hyperfocal distance H = f² ÷ (N × c) + f, the near limit s(H − f) ÷ (H + s − 2f) and the far limit s(H − f) ÷ (H − s), sharp to infinity from H on, with a circle of confusion c of the sensor diagonal ÷ 1500 and, on a zoom whose aperture changes, the maximum aperture taken linearly between its ends. These are for a rectilinear lens; a fisheye takes in more. Ask for this page with Accept: application/json for the numbers alone.