"What is Focal Length?" - The science behind it explained.

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 375

  • @grat2010
    @grat2010 6 років тому +151

    Best explanation on this subject ever.

  • @PaoloMassa74
    @PaoloMassa74 6 років тому +67

    Nobody on youtube is as clear as you are in explaining stuff ! Great work !

    • @enoluca6095
      @enoluca6095 Рік тому

      ya, bro u are so clear. Thank you.

  • @deeplybrown
    @deeplybrown 2 роки тому +19

    Dude. This is by far the best explainer on focal length that I've seen on UA-cam. I'm a 25-year veteran in the art of photography, but I always like rehashing the basics every now and again. Thanks for this video!! 👍🏾

  • @jamiewindsor
    @jamiewindsor 6 років тому +33

    This is a really good video.

  • @johnbarry5036
    @johnbarry5036 4 роки тому +7

    3:49 to 3:53... most clear visual aid ever sir! Thank you, I never understood WHY until this very simple animation.

  • @accessmountain2019
    @accessmountain2019 3 місяці тому

    I have watched literally dozens of videos on focal length trying to get my head around it and this is hands down the best explaination.

  • @richardslider4070
    @richardslider4070 Рік тому +2

    Very insightful. I learned something about focal length that I didn’t know before.

  • @Ben-mx1ip
    @Ben-mx1ip 2 роки тому +4

    Best video on focal length on youtube hands down. Concise and to the point and ACTUALLY EXPLAINED what focal length entails and not a dumbed down version that tells you nothing. Thank you. Subbed.

  • @tirthankardatta2493
    @tirthankardatta2493 Місяць тому

    Agree with many here … never seen a better explanation of this subject, along with the overlays to articulate it soooo well!!! My 8 year old learning photography absolutely adored it!
    Many thanks!

  • @jamesscott1813
    @jamesscott1813 4 місяці тому +1

    Thank you for taking the time to put the graphics on your hand movements during your excellent explanation. Tip top

  • @devinharris9284
    @devinharris9284 6 місяців тому +1

    I love it when content such as this gives you "Ohhhhhhhh" moment, connecting multiple concepts together forging an even stronger understanding. Thumbs up for that.

  • @kennethshermock8512
    @kennethshermock8512 3 місяці тому

    Bravo! You just answered several longstanding, nagging questions I’ve had about this topic that all the textbooks don’t treat well or ignore entirely. Showing the path of the light and the point of convergence layered on an image of the camera and lens was a brilliant way to communicate this information. Thank you!

  • @gserghiou
    @gserghiou 3 роки тому +2

    Brief and simple to understand and very informative. It has answered many questions that many other longer videos on UA-cam could not explain. Excellent!!!!!

  • @Govinnu
    @Govinnu 4 роки тому +1

    Simple and straight forward explanation... That is Dave's style.

  • @freshoxygen2176
    @freshoxygen2176 3 роки тому +2

    Explanation and simple graphics made this a total winner. Thank you!!

  • @JoeChira
    @JoeChira 5 років тому +7

    This reminded me of the same topic back in my third grade in my high school. now i can connect the dots. thanks man.

  • @igorgoga7985
    @igorgoga7985 5 місяців тому +1

    this is the best explanation on youtube

  • @matrixate
    @matrixate 4 роки тому +2

    Best explanation on UA-cam. Thank you mate.

  • @tharinduwijayasena309
    @tharinduwijayasena309 3 роки тому +2

    came across your channel few days ago. you deserve way more subscribers Dave!.. the way you explain is easy to understand, the graphical overlays are simple but effective.
    Great content.

  • @ianezy0828
    @ianezy0828 5 років тому +1

    This video will never get old. Thank you. Clear and concise.

  • @petrvala9955
    @petrvala9955 Рік тому +1

    Nobody explains this topic so great as you did. Great job!

  • @nadergadelrab2669
    @nadergadelrab2669 4 роки тому +2

    very good explanation, I always watch youtube photographers that say they don't want to jump into the math and annoy us till I figured out that they actually don't know anything about it. however, I think any person who call himself a photographer needs a basic understanding of camera electronics and optics, so great job and I am looking forward for more content like this.

    • @DaveMcKeegan
      @DaveMcKeegan  4 роки тому +1

      Thanks Nader, I already have a few other videos similar to this on my channel but no doubt there will be even more in the future 😊

  • @JemcyYT
    @JemcyYT 2 місяці тому

    Dude this explanation was PHENOMENAL

  • @AlexandarHullRichter
    @AlexandarHullRichter 5 місяців тому +1

    Thanks so much for the explanation! I was meaning to look this up sometime, and your video just came up. Great explanation!

  • @paulm8157
    @paulm8157 6 років тому +4

    👍Good time use, not wasted at all. Love the simple but very clear overlay diagrams, along with vid focus changes, and the inversion. A keeper. Don’t recall seeing other vids use your effective overlay technique - instead they cut away to charts, sometimes hand drawn.

  • @andrewriley4990
    @andrewriley4990 9 місяців тому +1

    AWESOME.....great work and masterfully explained ! 👍

  • @billzidis2656
    @billzidis2656 6 років тому +1

    I am photographer for nearly 10 years...I never thought about this...This makes totally sense suddenly!Thank you very much for the lesson !

  • @Mart77
    @Mart77 Рік тому

    Super great video with fantastic explanation, even a beginner will fully understand this

  • @thisisnonpractice
    @thisisnonpractice Рік тому

    Nice explanation!! Cleared my Focal length and lens size doubts!!

  • @solracthegreat1002
    @solracthegreat1002 Рік тому

    Jesús never heard a clearer explanation for this topic cheers mate!

  • @iu1191
    @iu1191 Рік тому

    Best video on this topic. I have been looking, and no one is as clear and precise with the best examples. Thanks so much for doing this - I was pulling what little hair I have out!! Great job.

  • @jondemetrius
    @jondemetrius Рік тому

    Bro you deserve the Nobel Peace prize for this explanation and break down of this SM!

  • @embraceme330
    @embraceme330 3 роки тому

    I spend a lot of time finding a clear explanation about the focal length until I saw this vid! Loud voice plus clear explanation = great and really helpful video. Approved 😉👍

  • @mrfairycake4333
    @mrfairycake4333 2 роки тому

    Brilliant best and easiest to understand video on focal length I've ever seen.

  • @MeanTheBean
    @MeanTheBean 5 років тому

    best illustration about this topic so far! thanks!

  • @bennails3447
    @bennails3447 11 місяців тому

    Самое лучшее объяснение темы, из тех которые я встречал на просторах сети. Спасибо!

  • @MetallaCaine
    @MetallaCaine 5 місяців тому

    That was the best video on focal length I have ever seen. Thanks so much, I learned a lot.

  • @Jhet
    @Jhet Рік тому

    Finally, someone who doesn't just say "the higher the number, the more zoomed in it is"
    Awesome video!

  • @codypieper728
    @codypieper728 6 років тому +1

    Great diagrams to explain. I what the focal length was the distance, but didn't think about how that affects the field of view and therefore the size of the lens.

  • @alwashburn3098
    @alwashburn3098 4 роки тому

    A very fine refresher...Thank You Dave...

  • @adolloyd
    @adolloyd 6 років тому +5

    I am so learning from a true master - thank you! 😎👍

    • @beachbum4691
      @beachbum4691 5 років тому

      I suspect we all are - ouch ;)

  • @hectorgomezrioja5927
    @hectorgomezrioja5927 6 років тому +15

    the brain does not compensate anything. we live hanging from the ground.

  • @sludgepuppy
    @sludgepuppy 2 роки тому

    Absolutely fantastic. Before I clicked the video, I really was not expecting to learn so much, geez.

    • @DaveMcKeegan
      @DaveMcKeegan  2 роки тому

      Thanks, glad you enjoyed it ☺️

  • @mymagicmurals
    @mymagicmurals 5 років тому

    Excellent, I searched and now I found your simple explanation of what mm measurements on a lens means. Big thank you.

  • @jpcalamaro961
    @jpcalamaro961 4 роки тому

    An excellent explanation. Clear and to the point.

  • @jhay_vine5083
    @jhay_vine5083 4 роки тому

    this is amazing.
    I spent soo much time watching many videos, but none of them got straight to the point like this guy.
    this video is informative and straight to the point.
    Nice one man....

  • @JK-jl1bf
    @JK-jl1bf Рік тому +1

    I went to photography school and that’s basically how it was explained and yet back then we have no idea what a digital camera could do, like none. We did most of our assignments on film and it was explained the same way but using “film” instead of a digital sensor. In fact I got the basic idea in my head that it isn’t what most people think because they’re not technically trained to think that way. Now when I pick up a lens that is either a fixed or a zoom or macro I see this measurement from that converging line of focus and the distance to my sensor being the measurement I’m intending on using.

  • @MelvinSabu
    @MelvinSabu Рік тому

    Very highly informative video on this topic, you clearly explained everything so that an alien would also easily understand !!! Nobodycan perfectly and correctly explain it more than you !! Hat off !!!

  • @peterbarriscale7857
    @peterbarriscale7857 3 роки тому

    Excelllent, clear and concise tutorial. Brilliant!

  • @davidhrzenjak
    @davidhrzenjak 6 років тому +2

    finally i learned the science behind focal length, thank you very much sir

  • @time589
    @time589 5 років тому

    Thank you for not dumbing it down. Trying to make the explanation "simple" to often only makes it confusing.

  • @jamesbaxter9123
    @jamesbaxter9123 6 років тому +1

    Finally someone who has explained this perfectly - thankyou!

  • @hombrelobomedia3503
    @hombrelobomedia3503 7 місяців тому

    Excellent my man! Been racking my brain. Thank you

  • @EternalAwait
    @EternalAwait 5 років тому

    Others have commented this already, but this explanation is the best I've seen, I finally understand focal length.

  • @richardslater677
    @richardslater677 Рік тому

    The only channel (I’ve seen) to actually say what focal length is.

  • @pradeeshsimon
    @pradeeshsimon 4 роки тому

    Simple, easy and best explanation. Great job dude

  • @duckbizniz663
    @duckbizniz663 3 роки тому

    Excellent explanation in regards to focal length distance, angle of view, aps-c vs full frame sensor, and physical size/length of lens.

  • @blackmo_or
    @blackmo_or Місяць тому

    Absolutely cracking explanation! Thank you

  • @MehrOptic
    @MehrOptic 9 місяців тому

    As an optician it was very difficult for me to understand the meaning of focal length in photography and i was really confused
    But you explained it very well and made me clear
    Thank you bro
    Uncle k1❤

  • @Joey-wx6xz
    @Joey-wx6xz 2 місяці тому

    Thank you! Finally a good explanation on this topic!

  • @vanessajacques7293
    @vanessajacques7293 4 роки тому

    Thank you for the explanation! I watched a few other videos and couldn't completely make sense of it until yours. Great job!

  • @purohitarvind
    @purohitarvind 3 роки тому

    Best explanation ever ... point of convergence was deal killer. No body explained like you did. I saw 10 videos and I was all confused but not any more! Thanks!

  • @smokeebeefpv
    @smokeebeefpv 6 днів тому

    Great video. You cleared up some misconceptions that I had. Subbed. Thx!

  • @lenmc9652
    @lenmc9652 3 роки тому

    Fantastic video. Well put together

  • @shibbyjay123
    @shibbyjay123 5 років тому +1

    An excellent explanation of focal length, exactly what I came here for, thanks 👌

  • @Twobarpsi
    @Twobarpsi 2 роки тому

    Best explanation I've heard. Great video!

  • @fredlevel897
    @fredlevel897 5 років тому +1

    I didn't learn anything that I didn't already know but still, I thank you for this video because it will help me explain it to my friends at the Photo club.
    You just made my life easier 👍🏼

  • @fpranchas
    @fpranchas 4 роки тому

    THANK YOU!! Best explanation on the internet

  • @Dylan-ox5fb
    @Dylan-ox5fb 2 роки тому

    Great video with a simple explanation!

  • @geraldflores6895
    @geraldflores6895 6 місяців тому

    Amazing bro looking for the right awnser and theory and you video was the awenser thanks so much well done explaned

  • @pk6221
    @pk6221 2 роки тому

    Man, super content: clear and compact !

  • @arifkizilay
    @arifkizilay 3 роки тому

    hi Dave, thank you so much. so the point of convergence is somewhere within the lens, not on the sensor. That is a very important piece of information. I will check your other videos. thanks again. we need more science about photography.

  • @jhay_vine5083
    @jhay_vine5083 4 роки тому

    Am I the only one AMAZED by his motion tracking !!?

  • @Pondstreeter
    @Pondstreeter 3 роки тому

    Truly a great explanation.

  • @elenagoswell3649
    @elenagoswell3649 Рік тому

    Thank you so much for this super clear explanation of focal length. I finally understood it, thanks to you! Brilliant job, thank you for using those lines! 👍😁🙏

  • @Badshaah26
    @Badshaah26 5 років тому +1

    As simple as it could get. Keep it goin'

  • @jimpan8471
    @jimpan8471 4 роки тому

    Best by far explanation on this subject....thank you ..

  • @atif.hassan
    @atif.hassan 5 років тому

    Excellent video Dave, im in for version two of this :)..keep em coming. Huge Thanks!

    • @DaveMcKeegan
      @DaveMcKeegan  5 років тому +2

      Haha, that maybe something for the future 😊

  • @EishahArmaghan
    @EishahArmaghan 3 роки тому

    Amazed by the explanation!!

  • @TondovanRest
    @TondovanRest 6 років тому +11

    Small point: the image is not upside down, but rotated 180 degrees. Up is down AND left is right.

    • @edwardnoble9897
      @edwardnoble9897 6 років тому +1

      or flipped in both the horizontal and vertical plane. The same effect as rotation, accept rotation implies a motion that doesn't occur.

    • @davidmarquez2821
      @davidmarquez2821 5 років тому +1

      It is upside down then. ;)

    • @TondovanRest
      @TondovanRest 5 років тому +1

      David Marquez yes and left side right, which was the point of the comment...

    • @TondovanRest
      @TondovanRest 5 років тому +1

      Edward Noble to be precise an inversion occurs, not a double flip, that implies flips that do not occur...

    • @marthamidon.9292
      @marthamidon.9292 4 роки тому

      "Up is down" that is the meaning of upside down

  • @Ahlonpogi
    @Ahlonpogi 10 місяців тому

    Learned from you the easy way. Thanks, chief.

  • @frankzhao8352
    @frankzhao8352 6 років тому +1

    Awesome video and thanks for making it easy to understand! Perhaps you could even make a part II of the video where you use the same diagrams light ray diagrams to explain the field of view and equivalency of focal lengths on different sensor sizes. You alluded to it early in your video but it would be very clear when you compare for example a 200mm M4/3 lens and a 400mm FF lens with the same field of view but the m4/3 version can be so much smaller due to the focal length being shorter.

  • @byronjohnson8346
    @byronjohnson8346 6 місяців тому +1

    THANK YOU SIR

  • @曹宇-t7k
    @曹宇-t7k 2 роки тому

    Thanks man! Clearest explanation!

  • @ar8670
    @ar8670 4 роки тому

    great explanation, both verbally and visually

  • @tomelifeisjustonebig
    @tomelifeisjustonebig 5 років тому

    Simple topic, explained simply. Perfect!

  • @SShaBazzz
    @SShaBazzz 4 місяці тому +2

    Great video

  • @mohitnautiyal2631
    @mohitnautiyal2631 3 роки тому

    Exactly what I needed to hear.

  • @albinpremvelayil
    @albinpremvelayil 4 роки тому

    Best explanation by far! 👌🏻🔥

  • @FonkwenEmmanu
    @FonkwenEmmanu Рік тому

    Great work I have just got the ultimate explanation thanks

  • @goos4711
    @goos4711 Рік тому

    Thanks. This makes so much sense.

  • @lukozi01
    @lukozi01 4 роки тому

    Excellent video! Very well explained!

  • @jhay_vine5083
    @jhay_vine5083 4 роки тому

    THIS VIDEO IS AMAZING!
    THANK YOU SIR!

  • @tysonator5433
    @tysonator5433 6 років тому

    I agree with other comments , the best video explanation on this subject.
    Well done Dave

  • @yoshikobailung1474
    @yoshikobailung1474 3 роки тому

    Really clear explanation. Thank you.

  • @EricaRodriguez12
    @EricaRodriguez12 5 років тому

    OMG, your diagram is off the charts! Thank you!

  • @wernerhermann9120
    @wernerhermann9120 4 роки тому

    Lucid explanation. Thank you.

  • @NaqeebAl
    @NaqeebAl 4 роки тому

    Brilliant! Good work man!

  • @katiebellenger8070
    @katiebellenger8070 Рік тому

    Thanks for solving the mystery of the day for me but from what you have just described for me and what I have read about the how to calculate focal lenth yourself but I guess I have plenty of time to work it all out for myself chhers mate

  • @johnvarghese8742
    @johnvarghese8742 4 роки тому

    So helpful tips. Thank you Dave:)