Animation: Camera Lens Length and Field of Vision (FOV)

• In a real camera, the lens length (focal length) is the distance from the centre of the lens to the image it forms of the subject on the camera’s film. A normal lens length (50mm) is similar to that of the human eye.

• There is a direct relation between the lens length and the field of vision:

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