Horizont Angle of View - cross-format comparisons

Fed up with the mental calculations of guess the equivalent AoV of your 35mm lens in other formats?

I have produced a table of comparable focal lengths for each lens. This table uses horizontal AoV, as I feel this better represents how many photographers think of the view from each lens. Angles for Hasselblad XPan panoramic format camera are almost identical to 6x7cm format, while 6x6cm measurements also apply to 645.

Horizontal angle of view

     35mm    6x6     6x7      5x4"    AoV

      17      28      33       48     93�
      20      35      39       58     83�
      24      40      47       85     73�
      28      47      54      100     65�
      35      59      68      125     54�
      40      67      78      140     48�
      50      83      98      175     39�
      85     145     170      310     23�
     100     170     198      360     20�
     135     210     260      480     15�
     300     500     590     1070     6.8�

Quick reference for popular medium format lenses
     6x6    35mm       AoV
      40      27       74�
      50      30       62�
      60      36       53�
      80      48       41�
     150      90       23�

     6x7    35mm       AoV
      40      21       82�
      50      26       70�
      65      34       57�
      90      46       42�
     110      57       35�
     150      77       26�
     165      85       24�
Calculated using a nifty piece of software called f/Calc.

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