this is one of the things that bullshits me the most..
a quote from the "manual":
Quote:
Field of View x. Th. ere.are.three.standard.Field.of.View.presets.in.Cl iff.s.of.
Dover:.30°,.70°.and.90°..Th. ey.are.used.as.the.Close-Up.lens.(30°),.the.Normal.
lens.(70°).and.the.Wide-angle.lens.(90°)..Additional.FoV.settings.are.ava ilable.
with.the.Hold to Adjust Field of View.command.
NOTE: Th e Close-up or 30° Field of View matches the picture seen by
the naked eye the best. We highly recommend using the 30° lens for most
screenshots or videos.
However this view is not particularly useful in a cockpit as it greatly limits the
viewable area (which however is perfectly in line with what you would see with
a naked eye without having to shift your gaze). Th e Normal 70° view shows a
larger more useful area but slightly distorts the picture, and the 90° lens shows
an even larger and an even more distorted area of the world. Please be aware of
the distorted dimensions in the Normal and Wide fi eld of views which will render
objects at diff erent distances from the camera with seemingly wrong proportions.
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it's just plain wrong.
if you have a 19" monitor and a FOV of 30 degrees it
might look like what you would see through a 19" window in real life
but it sure hell isn't the same as having a 50" monitor with the same FOV of 30 degrees - it's just a scaled image.
IMHO at least the default choices of "30/70/90" should be configurable and you could choose the best fitting your screen size