angle of view
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- noun
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ángulo de visión
- The photographer adjusted the lens to achieve a wider angle of view, allowing more of the magnificent landscape to fit in the frame.
- a wide angle of view
So as you can tell, just focal length means kind of the angle of view that you're getting into the picture.
- So as you can tell, just focal length means kind of the angle of view that you're getting into the picture.
Examples
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The 35mm and 38mm lenses are often used for general purpose and news photography since the approximate 63-degree angle is a "comfortable" angle of view for pleasing perspective.
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Most folders also include a table listing the lenses by focal length, and they include maximum aperture and the angle of view included by the lens.
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The color of a particular bit of shell can change significantly depending on the diffusion, angle of the light, and angle of view.
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So as you can tell, just focal length means kind of the angle of view that you're getting into the picture.
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The reason is that the measured focal length of the eye isn't what determines the angle of view of human vision.
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You get the same angle of view vertically and horizontally with 35mm.
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The angle of view is so narrow that the lens should be prefocused on the subject, since quick location of the subject and sharp focus are often very difficult.
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Photographs taken at a 'normal' angle of view (35mm to 50mm) seem to retain their appeal whatever their size.
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On a 35mm full-frame camera, a 43mm lens provides an angle of view of 55 degrees, so that focal length provides exactly the same angle of view that we humans have.
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When choosing a lens for landscape photography, it's important to consider the angle of view to ensure you capture the entire scene.
Synonyms
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The area you can see at one time, for example through a camera or telescope
The angle a camera lens shows of a scene that decides how much you can see
How Wide
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositional: 'angle' (a measure in degrees) combined with 'view' (the visible scene) linked by 'of' signals the angle that a view subtends. This is a straightforward possessive/genitive construction found across languages and readily inferable by a B1 learner who knows the component words, even if the usage is somewhat technical.
Etymology
Angle of view comes from a simple picture: imagine two lines coming out from a camera lens that make an angle, and the area between them is the view the lens can see. So it means 'how much of a scene the lens captures', usually talked about in degrees.