Depth of field for the Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM on the Canon EOS 80D (1.61× crop, circle of confusion 0.019 mm). At 17 mm and f/8 the hyperfocal distance is 2.0 m — focus there and everything from 1.0 m to infinity is sharp.
Focal length
17 mm
27 mm FF equiv.
Hyperfocal @ f/8
2.0 m
6 ft
NPF wide open
12.3 s
f/2.8, 3.71 µm pixels
Horizontal FOV
66.6°
Depth of field chart at 17 mm
| Focus distance | f/2.8 | f/4 | f/5.6 | f/8 | f/11 | f/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 m | 0.85–1.2 m | 0.80–1.3 m | 0.74–1.5 m | 0.66–2.0 m | 0.59–3.3 m | 0.50–∞ m |
| 2 m | 1.47–3.1 m | 1.32–4.1 m | 1.17–7.0 m | 0.99–∞ m | 0.83–∞ m | 0.66–∞ m |
| 3 m | 1.95–6.5 m | 1.70–12.9 m | 1.45–∞ m | 1.18–∞ m | 0.96–∞ m | 0.74–∞ m |
| 5 m | 2.63–49.0 m | 2.19–∞ m | 1.79–∞ m | 1.40–∞ m | 1.10–∞ m | 0.82–∞ m |
| 10 m | 3.57–∞ m | 2.80–∞ m | 2.17–∞ m | 1.63–∞ m | 1.24–∞ m | 0.89–∞ m |
| 20 m | 4.35–∞ m | 3.26–∞ m | 2.44–∞ m | 1.77–∞ m | 1.32–∞ m | 0.93–∞ m |
Each cell shows the near and far limits of acceptable sharpness.
Open the DoF calculator with this setup