Depth of field for the Nikon Nikkor AF-S 16-80mm f/2.8-4E DX ED VR on the Nikon D3500 (1.52× crop, circle of confusion 0.020 mm). At 16 mm and f/8 the hyperfocal distance is 1.6 m — focus there and everything from 0.8 m to infinity is sharp.
Focal length
16 mm
24 mm FF equiv.
Hyperfocal @ f/8
1.6 m
5 ft
NPF wide open
13.5 s
f/2.8, 3.93 µm pixels
Horizontal FOV
72.9°
Depth of field chart at 16 mm
| Focus distance | f/2.8 | f/4 | f/5.6 | f/8 | f/11 | f/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 m | 0.83–1.3 m | 0.77–1.4 m | 0.70–1.7 m | 0.62–2.5 m | 0.55–6.0 m | 0.45–∞ m |
| 2 m | 1.40–3.5 m | 1.24–5.1 m | 1.08–13.8 m | 0.90–∞ m | 0.75–∞ m | 0.58–∞ m |
| 3 m | 1.83–8.4 m | 1.56–36.8 m | 1.31–∞ m | 1.06–∞ m | 0.85–∞ m | 0.64–∞ m |
| 5 m | 2.41–∞ m | 1.97–∞ m | 1.59–∞ m | 1.23–∞ m | 0.96–∞ m | 0.70–∞ m |
| 10 m | 3.17–∞ m | 2.46–∞ m | 1.89–∞ m | 1.40–∞ m | 1.06–∞ m | 0.75–∞ m |
| 20 m | 3.77–∞ m | 2.80–∞ m | 2.08–∞ m | 1.50–∞ m | 1.12–∞ m | 0.78–∞ m |
Each cell shows the near and far limits of acceptable sharpness.
Open the DoF calculator with this setup