think 50mm is closest to human vision in terms of magnification, not field of view. if you use a zoom lens, one eye on viewfinder, the other open, and zoom until what you see with both eyes is roughly the same size, it should be around 50mm. hmm though different viewfinders on different cameras will affect this somewhat.
but human vision definitely has a far larger field of view than a 50mm lens. for starters, we have two eyes. so the limits of our peripheral vision are probably something like 180 degrees, much closer to a very wide angle lens.
anyway, as ppl have already pointed out, 50mm with crop factor behaves a little differently...
but human vision definitely has a far larger field of view than a 50mm lens. for starters, we have two eyes. so the limits of our peripheral vision are probably something like 180 degrees, much closer to a very wide angle lens.
anyway, as ppl have already pointed out, 50mm with crop factor behaves a little differently...