How to calculate FOV

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NinjaCross
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How to calculate FOV

Post by NinjaCross » Fri Jun 07, 2013 10:11 pm

Hi.
Is there a way to obtain or calculate the Field Of View (horizontal and vertical degrees) of the transferred pictures ?
I have a D7000 and a D3200, and it seems the pictures hasn't all the needed EXIF information or device information (inside the ICameraDevice) to calculate it.
It would be enough to have the focal lengh (in mm) and the sensor size (in mm), but AFAIK, only the focal length is available into the EXIF descriptor.
Without the sensors size I cannot calculate the FOV.
Is there this information somewhere ?
Thanks for your help.

BTW, these are sensors sizes (x,y,p) for some cameras, if you need them:
Canon 10D: 22.7 x 15.1 x 7.40
Canon 20D: 22.5 x 15 x 6.42
Canon 30D: 22.5 x 15 x 6.42
Canon 40D: 22.2 x 14.8 x 5.71
Canon 50D: 22.3 x 14.9 x 4.7
Canon 60D: 22.3 x 14.9 x 4.3
Canon 300D: 22.7 x 15.1 x 7.40
Canon 350D: 22.2 x 14.8 x 6.42
Canon 400D: 22.2 x 14.8 x 5.71
Canon 450D: 22.2 x 14.8 x 5.2
Canon 500D: 22.3 x 14.9 x 4.7
Canon 550D: 22.3 x 14.9 x 4.3
Canon 600D: 22.3 x 14.9 x 4.3
Canon 1000D: 22.2 x 14.8 x 5.7
Canon 1100D: 22.3 x 14.7 x 5.2
Canon 5D: 35.8 x 23.9 x 8.20
Canon 5D Mark II: 36 x 24 x 6.41
Canon 7D: 22.3 x 14.9 x 4.30
Canon 1Ds Mark II: 36 x 24 x 7.20
Canon 1D Mark III: 28.1 x 18.7 x 7.20
Canon 1Ds Mark III: 36 x 24 x 6.42
Film 35mm: 36 x 24 x 0
Film 645: 57 x 45 x 0
Film 6x7: 57 x 69 x 0
Nikon D3: 36.0 x 23.9 x 8.45
Nikon D3X: 35.9 x 24.0 x 5.9
Nikon D40: 23.7 x 15.6 x 7.80
Nikon D50: 23.7 x 15.6 x 7.80
Nikon D60: 23.6 x 15.8 x 6.08
Nikon D70: 23.7 x 15.6 x 7.80
Nikon D80: 23.6 x 15.8 x 6.05
Nikon D90: 23.6 x 15.8 x 5.50
Nikon D200: 23.6 x 15.8 x 6.05
Nikon D300: 23.6 x 15.8 x 5.40
Nikon D700: 36.0 x 23.9 x 8.45
Nikon D3000: 23.6 x 15.8 x 5.08
Nikon D3100: 23.1 x 15.4 x 5.02
Nikon D5000: 23.1 x 15.4 x 5.50
Nikon D7000: 23.6 x 15.6 x 4.78)

How to calculate FOV

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hjf
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How to calculate FOV

Post by hjf » Fri Jun 06, 2014 6:10 pm

Hello,with NEF-files from Nikon D800 you can directly read horizontal FOV from EXIF data.Following an example of data read with EXIFTOOL. You find the interesting values in the COMPOSITE section. Tag name is: "Field Of View". Also interesting for you may be value of tag name "Scale Factor To 35 mm Equivalent" which - in my understanding - gives you the crop factor.C:\Program Files (x86)\ExifTool>exiftool -a -u -g1 C:\Users\xxx\Pictures\_DSC2116.NEF---- ExifTool ----ExifTool Version Number         : 9.31---- System ----File Name                       : _DSC2116.NEF... [cut off] ...---- Composite ----Aperture                        : 4.0Auto Focus                      : OffBlue Balance                    : 1.507813CFA Pattern                     : [Red,Green][Green,Blue]Image Size                      : 7424x4924Jpg From Raw                    : (Binary data 1827120 bytes, use -b option to extract)Lens ID                         : AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm f/4G ED VRLens                            : 24-120mm f/4 G VROther Image                     : (Binary data 701660 bytes, use -b option to extract)Preview Image                   : (Binary data 104515 bytes, use -b option to extract)Red Balance                     : 1.925781Scale Factor To 35 mm Equivalent: 1.0Shutter Speed                   : 1/25Create Date                     : 2014:06:04 20:53:38.50Date/Time Original              : 2014:06:04 20:53:38.50Modify Date                     : 2014:06:04 20:53:38.50Circle Of Confusion             : 0.030 mmDepth Of Field                  : 3.06 m (1.59 - 4.65)Field Of View                   : 73.2 deg (3.52 m)Focal Length                    : 24.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 24.0 mm)Hyperfocal Distance             : 4.79 mLight Value                     : 7.3Don't know, if data are also available with Canon or other cameras. 

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