View Full Version : lens conversion: HD/35 motion/35 stills


Jim Allodi
October 9th, 2007, 12:27 PM
I'm trying to access a simple conversion formula
(potentially in the form of a published table!) for
focal length on an HD camera versus either 35 mm motion
lenses, or 35 mm stills.

I realize there are HD cameras with various sensor
sizes, and therefore different focal length factors.

But let's say a high end HD camera like the Panasonic
900 series. (Are these 2/3" sensors?)

Is this a naive request? Can anyone shed some light
on the conversion tables I'm after?

Thanks!

Jim Allodi

Brian Drysdale
October 9th, 2007, 12:57 PM
Try here:

http://www.panavision.co.nz/main/kbase/reference/tblelenseqvform.asp

Jim Allodi
October 9th, 2007, 02:25 PM
Thanks for the thought Brian, but I'm don't
understand the pananvision converter!
I'm too dumb maybe, but I'm not following
the width data it wants. The 'help' doesn't help.

I need something as simple as a director's
viewfinder, which lists the converstions for
the various focal lengths without getting
into frame widths, or sensor widths. Maybe
I'm asking for something too simple to exist.