If the human eye was a camera lens, what would it be?

Question

Make it a Canon EF-S, yeah? Thank you lol

Answer 1

In the 35mm world, 50mm lens is generally regarded as producing the closes field of view as the human eye. This is why it is called a "normal lens". In the digital world, that would be around 30-33mm unless you've got a full frame sensor camera.

Answer 2

As a lens in seeing the correct proportional sizes and distance, a cameras 50mm lens comes the closest to seeing as the eye does. However, the human eye has peripheral vision, and to some this extends dang near 180' left and right and 120' +/- up and down. To get THAT in a camera lens you would need a fish eye of 16 to 10mm. But, in getting the coverage you get extreme distortion in size and distance of things. Of course we have auto focus and auto exposure too..



Dang, wouldn't it be cool to have telephoto eyes.. Say from our normal to at least 300mm.. A 6x zoom.. Way cool of an Idea in MY book...



Bob - Tucson

Answer 3

Nathan above is correct with the Canon EF-50mm f/1.8 Lens.. it is the closest lens you can get to what the human eye will see..... I have one, cost £65..... it doesnt have an eyelid tho.

Answer 4

It Would Be A Canon EF-50mm f/1.8 Lens..

What You See Through You Eye Is



About 50mm, And It's Prime, Can't Zoom

So 50mm f/1.8

Answer 5

Well of course it wouldn't be any known camera.



The lens might be common, but the video matrix is vastly different.



The human eye is composed of several different specialist sensors, ranging from shape, though colour, to movement, as well as light intensity. Nor are these attributes distributed in the normal matrix format.



SO! Try again!

Answer 6

35 mm or dslr 50mm is closest to human perspective. 2.25 film your looking at 80 or 90mm. 4x5 film 210mm.

Answer 7

24mm is the closest to what resembles the human perspective.

Answer 8

It would be a camera lens, of course!

Answer 9

It would be a Noctilux!