Depth of field for the Nikon Nikkor AF-S 12-24mm f/4G DX IF-ED on the Nikon D3500 (1.52× crop, circle of confusion 0.020 mm). At 12 mm and f/8 the hyperfocal distance is 0.9 m — focus there and everything from 0.5 m to infinity is sharp.
Focal length
12 mm
18 mm FF equiv.
Hyperfocal @ f/8
0.9 m
3 ft
NPF wide open
21.5 s
f/4, 3.93 µm pixels
Horizontal FOV
89.1°
Depth of field chart at 12 mm
| Focus distance | f/4 | f/5.6 | f/8 | f/11 | f/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 m | 0.65–2.2 m | 0.57–4.1 m | 0.48–∞ m | 0.40–∞ m | 0.32–∞ m |
| 2 m | 0.96–∞ m | 0.79–∞ m | 0.63–∞ m | 0.50–∞ m | 0.37–∞ m |
| 3 m | 1.14–∞ m | 0.91–∞ m | 0.70–∞ m | 0.55–∞ m | 0.40–∞ m |
| 5 m | 1.34–∞ m | 1.04–∞ m | 0.77–∞ m | 0.59–∞ m | 0.42–∞ m |
| 10 m | 1.55–∞ m | 1.16–∞ m | 0.84–∞ m | 0.62–∞ m | 0.44–∞ m |
| 20 m | 1.68–∞ m | 1.23–∞ m | 0.87–∞ m | 0.64–∞ m | 0.45–∞ m |
Each cell shows the near and far limits of acceptable sharpness.
Open the DoF calculator with this setup