Depth of field for the Nikon Nikkor AF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G DX ED on the Nikon D3500 (1.52× crop, circle of confusion 0.020 mm). At 18 mm and f/8 the hyperfocal distance is 2.1 m — focus there and everything from 1.0 m to infinity is sharp.
Focal length
18 mm
27 mm FF equiv.
Hyperfocal @ f/8
2.1 m
7 ft
NPF wide open
13.4 s
f/3.5, 3.93 µm pixels
Horizontal FOV
66.6°
Depth of field chart at 18 mm
| Focus distance | f/4 | f/5.6 | f/8 | f/11 | f/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 m | 0.81–1.3 m | 0.75–1.5 m | 0.68–1.9 m | 0.60–2.9 m | 0.51–22.3 m |
| 2 m | 1.35–3.9 m | 1.19–6.1 m | 1.02–55.5 m | 0.86–∞ m | 0.68–∞ m |
| 3 m | 1.74–10.9 m | 1.49–∞ m | 1.22–∞ m | 1.00–∞ m | 0.77–∞ m |
| 5 m | 2.26–∞ m | 1.85–∞ m | 1.46–∞ m | 1.15–∞ m | 0.86–∞ m |
| 10 m | 2.92–∞ m | 2.27–∞ m | 1.71–∞ m | 1.30–∞ m | 0.93–∞ m |
| 20 m | 3.41–∞ m | 2.56–∞ m | 1.87–∞ m | 1.39–∞ m | 0.98–∞ m |
Each cell shows the near and far limits of acceptable sharpness.
Open the DoF calculator with this setup