Depth of field for the Nikon Nikkor AF-S 17-55mm f/2.8G DX IF-ED on the Nikon D3500 (1.52× crop, circle of confusion 0.020 mm). At 17 mm and f/8 the hyperfocal distance is 1.9 m — focus there and everything from 0.9 m to infinity is sharp.
Focal length
17 mm
26 mm FF equiv.
Hyperfocal @ f/8
1.9 m
6 ft
NPF wide open
12.7 s
f/2.8, 3.93 µm pixels
Horizontal FOV
69.6°
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 | 0.84–1.2 m | 0.79–1.4 m | 0.73–1.6 m | 0.65–2.2 m | 0.58–3.8 m | 0.48–∞ m |
| 2 m | 1.45–3.2 m | 1.30–4.4 m | 1.14–8.2 m | 0.96–∞ m | 0.80–∞ m | 0.63–∞ m |
| 3 m | 1.91–7.0 m | 1.65–16.1 m | 1.40–∞ m | 1.14–∞ m | 0.93–∞ m | 0.71–∞ m |
| 5 m | 2.56–102.0 m | 2.12–∞ m | 1.72–∞ m | 1.35–∞ m | 1.06–∞ m | 0.78–∞ m |
| 10 m | 3.44–∞ m | 2.69–∞ m | 2.08–∞ m | 1.55–∞ m | 1.18–∞ m | 0.84–∞ m |
| 20 m | 4.15–∞ m | 3.10–∞ m | 2.32–∞ m | 1.68–∞ m | 1.25–∞ m | 0.88–∞ m |
Each cell shows the near and far limits of acceptable sharpness.
Open the DoF calculator with this setup