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Focal lengths / Medium format

500mm on Medium format

Frames like 395mm on full frame: 5° across, 3.8° top to bottom.

Reference photo: Forest
A 395mm eq.
The scene as framed by 500mm Medium format
A What 500mm Medium format sees Long focal length: the crop is enlarged and looks soft. The framing is still exact.
A 500mm on Medium format
Focal length500mm
Full-frame equivalent395mm
Horizontal5°
Vertical3.8°
Diagonal6.3°
SensorMedium format 43.8 × 32.9 mm
Crop factor×0.8
Aspect ratio4:3

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Same framing on other formats

The focal length that matches 395mm full-frame equivalent on each sensor size (crop-factor convention, diagonal).

SensorFocal lengthClosest page
Full frame395mm400mm on Full frame
APS-C263.3mm—
APS-C (Canon)246.9mm—
Micro Four Thirds197.5mm200mm on Micro Four Thirds
1-inch146.3mm—

Primes at 500mm for Medium format (1)

LensFocalApertureMountYear
Fujifilm GF 500mm f/5.6 R LM OIS WR500mmf/5.6Fujifilm G2024