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===Film still=== [[File:Normal Lenses 7253.jpg|thumb|Four "normal" lenses for the 35 mm format.]] Typical normal lenses for various [[film format]]s for photography are:{{citation needed|date=April 2017}} {| class="wikitable" |- ! Film format !! Image dimensions !! Image diagonal !! Normal lens focal length |- | 9.5 mm [[Minox]] | 8 Γ 11 mm | 13.6 mm | 15 mm |- | Half-frame | 24 Γ 18 mm | 30 mm | 30 mm |- | [[Advanced Photo System|APS]] C | 16.7 Γ 25.1 mm | 30.1 mm | 28 mm, 30 mm |- | [[135 film|135]], 35 mm | 24 Γ 36 mm | 43.3 mm | 40 mm, 50 mm, 55 mm |- | [[120 film|120]]/[[220 film|220]], 6 Γ 4.5 (645) | 56 Γ 42 mm | 71.8 mm | 75 mm |- | 120/220, 6 Γ 6 | 56 Γ 56 mm | 79.2 mm | 80 mm |- | 120/220, 6 Γ 7 | 56 Γ 68 mm | 88.1 mm | 90 mm |- | 120/220, 6 Γ 9 | 56 Γ 84 mm | 101.0 mm | 105 mm |- | 120/220, 6 Γ 12 | 56 Γ 112 mm | 125.0 mm | 120 mm |- | 120/220, 6 x 17 | 56 x 168 mm | 177.1 mm | 180 mm |- | [[large format]] 4 Γ 5 [[sheet film]] | 93 Γ 118 mm (image area) | 150.2 mm | 150 mm |- | large format 5 Γ 7 sheet film | 120 Γ 170 mm (image area) | 208.0 mm | 210 mm |- | large format 8 Γ 10 sheet film | 194 Γ 245 mm (image area) | 312.5 mm | 300 mm |- |} For a [[135 film|35 mm]] [[camera]] with a diagonal of 43 mm, the most commonly used ''normal'' lens is 50 mm, but focal lengths between about 40 and 58 mm are also considered ''normal''. The 50 mm focal length was chosen by [[Oskar Barnack]], the creator of the [[Leica Camera|Leica camera]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rimmasch |first1=Paul |title=Lens Testing: Reassessing the 50 mm Rule |journal=Journal of Forensic Identification |date=July 2017 |volume=67 |issue=3 |pages=323β340}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Li |first1=Xiang |last2=Liu |first2=Jianzheng |last3=Baron |first3=Jessica |last4=Luu |first4=Khoa |last5=Patterson |first5=Eric |title=Evaluating effects of focal length and viewing angle in a comparison of recent face landmark and alignment methods |journal=EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing |date=March 2021 |volume=2021 |issue=1 |doi=10.1186/s13640-021-00549-3|s2cid=232414675 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Note that the angle of view also depends on the [[aspect ratio (image)|aspect ratio]]. For example, a "normal" lens on 35 mm does not have the same view as a "normal" lens on [[645 film|645]].{{citation needed|date=April 2017}}
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