Depth of field for the Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS on the Canon EOS 2000D (1.61× crop, circle of confusion 0.019 mm). At 55 mm and f/8 the hyperfocal distance is 20.4 m — focus there and everything from 10.2 m to infinity is sharp.
Focal length
55 mm
89 mm FF equiv.
Hyperfocal @ f/8
20.4 m
67 ft
NPF wide open
4.6 s
f/4, 3.71 µm pixels
Horizontal FOV
22.9°
Depth of field chart at 55 mm
| Focus distance | f/4 | f/5.6 | f/8 | f/11 | f/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 m | 0.98–1.0 m | 0.97–1.0 m | 0.96–1.0 m | 0.94–1.1 m | 0.91–1.1 m |
| 2 m | 1.91–2.1 m | 1.87–2.1 m | 1.83–2.2 m | 1.77–2.3 m | 1.68–2.5 m |
| 3 m | 2.80–3.2 m | 2.72–3.3 m | 2.62–3.5 m | 2.50–3.7 m | 2.33–4.2 m |
| 5 m | 4.46–5.7 m | 4.27–6.0 m | 4.02–6.6 m | 3.75–7.5 m | 3.36–9.7 m |
| 10 m | 8.03–13.2 m | 7.45–15.2 m | 6.72–19.6 m | 5.98–30.5 m | 5.05–461.5 m |
| 20 m | 13.42–39.3 m | 11.86–63.8 m | 10.10–1054.7 m | 8.51–∞ m | 6.75–∞ m |
Each cell shows the near and far limits of acceptable sharpness.
Open the DoF calculator with this setup