Depth of field for the Nikon Nikkor AF-S 12-24mm f/4G DX IF-ED on the Nikon D5 (1.00× crop, circle of confusion 0.030 mm). At 12 mm and f/8 the hyperfocal distance is 0.6 m — focus there and everything from 0.3 m to infinity is sharp.
Focal length
12 mm
12 mm FF equiv.
Hyperfocal @ f/8
0.6 m
2 ft
NPF wide open
27.7 s
f/4, 6.42 µm pixels
Horizontal FOV
112.5°
Depth of field chart at 12 mm
| Focus distance | f/4 | f/5.6 | f/8 | f/11 | f/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 m | 0.55–5.6 m | 0.47–∞ m | 0.38–∞ m | 0.31–∞ m | 0.23–∞ m |
| 2 m | 0.75–∞ m | 0.60–∞ m | 0.46–∞ m | 0.36–∞ m | 0.26–∞ m |
| 3 m | 0.86–∞ m | 0.67–∞ m | 0.50–∞ m | 0.38–∞ m | 0.27–∞ m |
| 5 m | 0.97–∞ m | 0.74–∞ m | 0.54–∞ m | 0.40–∞ m | 0.28–∞ m |
| 10 m | 1.08–∞ m | 0.79–∞ m | 0.57–∞ m | 0.42–∞ m | 0.29–∞ m |
| 20 m | 1.14–∞ m | 0.82–∞ m | 0.58–∞ m | 0.43–∞ m | 0.30–∞ m |
Each cell shows the near and far limits of acceptable sharpness.
Open the DoF calculator with this setup