Thin lens calculator

Use a positive focal length for a converging lens (or concave mirror), negative for diverging.

Your answer

Image distance66.667 mm
Magnification-0.3333 ×
ImageReal, inverted

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How we worked it out

Updated as you change the numbers.

  1. 1/f = 1/d₀ + 1/dᵢ. Magnification = −dᵢ ÷ d₀.

Method and assumptions

Thin-lens approximation, using the real-is-positive sign convention.

Questions

Where does a 50 mm lens image an object 200 mm away?

66.67 mm behind the lens, at −0.333× (real, inverted).

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