Index: intern/cycles/blender/blender_camera.cpp
===================================================================
--- intern/cycles/blender/blender_camera.cpp	(revision 48187)
+++ intern/cycles/blender/blender_camera.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -408,8 +408,14 @@
 		bcam->farclip *= 0.5f;
 		bcam->nearclip = -bcam->farclip;
 
+		float sensor_size;
+		if(bcam->sensor_fit == BlenderCamera::VERTICAL)
+			sensor_size = bcam->sensor_height;
+		else
+			sensor_size = bcam->sensor_width;
+
 		bcam->type = CAMERA_ORTHOGRAPHIC;
-		bcam->ortho_scale = b_rv3d.view_distance();
+		bcam->ortho_scale = b_rv3d.view_distance() * sensor_size / b_v3d.lens();
 	}
 
 	bcam->zoom *= 2.0f;
Index: source/blender/blenkernel/intern/camera.c
===================================================================
--- source/blender/blenkernel/intern/camera.c	(revision 48187)
+++ source/blender/blenkernel/intern/camera.c	(working copy)
@@ -262,11 +262,12 @@
 	}
 	else if (rv3d->persp == RV3D_ORTHO) {
 		/* orthographic view */
+		int sensor_size= BKE_camera_sensor_size(params->sensor_fit, params->sensor_x, params->sensor_y);
 		params->clipend *= 0.5f;    // otherwise too extreme low zbuffer quality
 		params->clipsta = -params->clipend;
 
 		params->is_ortho = TRUE;
-		params->ortho_scale = rv3d->dist;
+		params->ortho_scale = rv3d->dist * sensor_size / v3d->lens;
 		params->zoom = 2.0f;
 	}
 	else {
Index: source/blender/editors/include/ED_view3d.h
===================================================================
--- source/blender/editors/include/ED_view3d.h	(revision 48187)
+++ source/blender/editors/include/ED_view3d.h	(working copy)
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@
 void ED_view3D_background_image_remove(struct View3D *v3d, struct BGpic *bgpic);
 void ED_view3D_background_image_clear(struct View3D *v3d);
 
+float ED_view3d_distance(const float mat[][4], const float ofs[3]);
 float ED_view3d_grid_scale(struct Scene *scene, struct View3D *v3d, const char **grid_unit);
 
 /* view matrix properties utilities */
Index: source/blender/editors/space_view3d/view3d_view.c
===================================================================
--- source/blender/editors/space_view3d/view3d_view.c	(revision 48187)
+++ source/blender/editors/space_view3d/view3d_view.c	(working copy)
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@
 	if (lens) sms.new_lens = *lens;
 
 	if (camera) {
+		sms.new_dist = ED_view3d_distance(camera->obmat, ofs);
 		ED_view3d_from_object(camera, sms.new_ofs, sms.new_quat, &sms.new_dist, &sms.new_lens);
 		sms.to_camera = 1; /* restore view3d values in end */
 	}
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@
 
 			/* original values */
 			if (oldcamera) {
-				sms.orig_dist = rv3d->dist; // below function does weird stuff with it...
+				sms.orig_dist = ED_view3d_distance(oldcamera->obmat, rv3d->ofs);
 				ED_view3d_from_object(oldcamera, sms.orig_ofs, sms.orig_quat, &sms.orig_dist, &sms.orig_lens);
 			}
 			else {
Index: source/blender/editors/space_view3d/view3d_edit.c
===================================================================
--- source/blender/editors/space_view3d/view3d_edit.c	(revision 48187)
+++ source/blender/editors/space_view3d/view3d_edit.c	(working copy)
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
 void ED_view3d_camera_lock_init(View3D *v3d, RegionView3D *rv3d)
 {
 	if (ED_view3d_camera_lock_check(v3d, rv3d)) {
+		rv3d->dist = ED_view3d_distance(v3d->camera->obmat, rv3d->ofs);
 		ED_view3d_from_object(v3d->camera, rv3d->ofs, rv3d->viewquat, &rv3d->dist, NULL);
 	}
 }
@@ -895,6 +896,7 @@
 
 			/* changed since 2.4x, use the camera view */
 			if (vod->v3d->camera) {
+				rv3d->dist = ED_view3d_distance(vod->v3d->camera->obmat, rv3d->ofs);
 				ED_view3d_from_object(vod->v3d->camera, rv3d->ofs, rv3d->viewquat, &rv3d->dist, NULL);
 			}
 
@@ -3693,6 +3695,16 @@
 	return (*depth == FLT_MAX) ? 0 : 1;
 }
 
+float ED_view3d_distance(const float mat[4][4], const float ofs[3]) {
+	float pos[4] = {0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f};
+	float dir[4] = {0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f};
+	mul_m4_v4(mat, pos);
+	add_v3_v3(pos, ofs);
+	mul_m4_v4(mat, dir);
+	normalize_v3(dir);
+	return dot_v3v3(pos, dir);
+}
+
 /**
  * Gets the view transformation from a camera
  * currently dosnt take camzoom into account