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Lens Focal Length       Distance Between Video Camera and Video Subject Area

Camera's Viewing Angle 5' (1.5m) 10' (3.0m) 15' (4.6m) 25' (7.6m) 50' (15.2m) 100' (30.5m)
mm Horiz. ° Vert. ° Diag. ° H area V area H area V area H area V area H area V area H area V area  H area V area
1.78 136° 102° 170° 24.8' (7.6m) 18.6' (5.7m) 49.6' (15.1m) 37.2' (11.3m) 74.4' (22.7m) 55.8' (17.0m) 124' (37.8m) 93' (28.4m) 248' (75.6m) 186' (56.7m) 496' (151.2m) 372' (113.4m)
2.10 128° 96° 160° 20.5' (6.2m) 15.4' (4.7m) 41.0' (12.5m) 30.8' (9.4m) 61.5' (18.8m) 46.2' (14.1m) 102.5' (31.3m) 77' (23.5m) 205' (62.5m) 154' (47m) 410' (125m) 308' (93.9m)
2.45 120° 90° 150° 17.3' (5.3m) 13.0' (4m) 34.6' (10.5m) 26.0' (7.9m) 51.9' (15.8m) 39.0' (11.9m) 86.5' (26.4m) 65' (19.8m) 173' (52.7m) 130' (39.6m) 346'   (105.5m) 260' (79.3m)
2.80 109° 82° 136° 14.0' (4.3m) 10.5' (3.2m) 28.0' (8.5m) 21.0' (6.4m) 42.0' (12.8m) 31.5' (9.6m) 70' (21.3m) 52.5' (16m) 140' (42.7m) 105' (32m) 280' (85.4m) 210' (64m)
2.97 104° 78° 130° 12.3' (3.8m) 9.6' (2.9m) 24.6' (7.5m) 19.2' (5.9m) 36.9' (11.3m) 28.8' (8.8m) 61.5' (18.8m) 48' (14.6m) 123' (37.5m) 96' (29.3m) 246' (75m) 192' (58.5m)
3.60 74° 56° 92° 7.5' (2.3m) 5.7' (1.7m) 15.0' (4.6m) 11.4' (3.5m) 22.5' (6.9m) 17.1' (5.2m) 37.5' (11.4m) 28.5' (8.7m) 75' (22.9m) 57' (17.4m) 150' (45.7m) 114' (34.8m)
3.70 72° 54° 90° 7.3' (2.2m) 5.5' (1.7m) 14.6' (4.5m) 11.0' (3.4m) 21.9' (6.7m) 16.5' (5.0m) 36.5' (11.1m) 27.5' (8.4m) 73' (22.3m) 55' (16.8m) 146' (44.5m) 110' (33.5m)
4.0 67° 50° 83° 6.6'      (2m) 5.0' (1.5m) 13.2' (4m) 10.0' (3m) 19.8' (6m) 15.0' (4.6m) 33' (10.1m) 25' (7.6m) 66' (20.1m) 50' (15.2m) 132' (40.2m) 100' (30.5m)
4.30 63° 47° 78° 6.1'  (1.9m) 4.6' (1.4m) 12.2' (3.7m) 9.2' (2.8m) 18.3' (5.6m) 13.8'(4.2m) 30.5' (9.3m) 23'   (7m) 61' (18.6m) 46' (14m) 122' (37.2m) 92' (28m)
5.0 50° 38° 64° 4.7' (1.4m) 3.5' (1.1m) 9.4' (2.9m) 7.0' 2.1m) 14.1' (4.3m) 10.5' (3.2m) 23.5' (7.2m) 17.5' (5.3m) 47' (14.3m) 35' (10.7m) 94' (28.7m) 70' (21.3m)
6.0 42° 32° 53° 3.8' (1.2m) 2.9' (0.9m) 7.6' (2.3m) 5.8' (1.8m) 11.4' (3.5m) 8.7' (2.7m) 19' (5.8m) 14.5 (4.4m) 38' (11.6m) 29' (8.8m) 76' (23.2m) 58' (17.7m)
8.0 32° 24° 40° 2.9'     (0.9m) 2.2' (0.7m) 5.8' (1.8m) 4.4' (1.3m) 8.7' (2.7m) 6.6' (2m) 14.5' (4.4m) 11' (3.4m) 29' (8.8m) 22' (6.7m) 58' (17.7) 44' (13.4m)
12.0 22° 16° 28° 1.9' (0.6m) 1.5' (0.5m) 3.8' (1.2m) 3.8' (1.2m) 5.7' (1.7m) 4.5' (1.4m) 9.5' (2.9m) 7.5' (2.3m) 19' (5.8m) 15' (4.6m) 38' (11.6m) 28' (8.5m)
16.0 16° 12° 21° 1.4' (0.4m) 1.1' (0.3m) 2.8' (0.9m) 2.8' (0.9m) 4.2' (1.3m) 3.3' (1m) 7' (2.1m) 5.5' (1.7m) 14' (4.3m) 11' (3.4m) 28' (8.5m) 22' (6.7m)
25.0 11° 8.4° 14° 1.0' (0.3m) 0.7' (0.2m) 2.0' (0.6m) 2.0' (0.6m) 3.0' (0.9m) 2.1' (0.6m) 5' (1.5m) 3.5' (1.1m) 10'  (3m) 7' (2.1m) 20' (6.1m) 14' (4.3m)
50.0 5.5° 4.2° 0.4' (0.1m) 0.3' (0.1m) 0.8' (0.2m) 0.8' (0.2m) 1.2' (0.4m) 0.9' (0.3m) 2' (0.6m) 1.5' (0.5m) 4.0' (1.2m) 3' (0.9m_ 8'   (2.4m) 6' (1.8m)