>>12641303Lets talk through a scenario, you’re out walking one night, you look up at the sky and notice the moon is particularly beautiful. So you take out your phone, point it to the sky and take a snap. Unfortunately the moon looks like a little white dot in the photo and you wonder, “what’s going on?!”, well it’s actually down to focal length.
Focal length is measured in mm and can be quite confusing, especially when some people think it means the length of the actual lens. Essentially focal length is the amount of surrounding area that you’ll be able to capture with your lens. You can find out more about focal length in more detail with a proper description here. When you view the moon through your eyes you’re seeing it at around 50mm and when you see a picture taken with a camera phone or a wide angle lens, which is usually way less than 50mm, it seems a lot smaller. The smaller the mm on the lens, the wider the angle of view and the further subjects in the background will seem
