Camera lenses & focal length - how do you determine the focal length of a lens
Focal length finderlenses
The theoretic value of the focal length calculation serves to find the best suitable optics. Typical increments of focal lengths for C-mount lenses are e.g. (1.8, 2.8, 4, 6,) 8, 12, 16, 25, 35, 50 and 75 mm.
The focal length f´ virtually serves to calculate the required lens and is thus the most important specification to characterise an (entocentric) normal lens.