Depth of field for the Nikon Nikkor AF-S 17-55mm f/2.8G DX IF-ED on the Nikon D5600 (1.53× 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
12.6 s
f/2.8, 3.89 µm pixels
Horizontal FOV
69.2°
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 | 0.65–2.1 m | 0.58–3.7 m | 0.48–∞ m |
| 2 m | 1.45–3.2 m | 1.30–4.3 m | 1.14–8.0 m | 0.96–∞ m | 0.81–∞ m | 0.64–∞ m |
| 3 m | 1.92–6.9 m | 1.66–15.6 m | 1.41–∞ m | 1.15–∞ m | 0.93–∞ m | 0.71–∞ m |
| 5 m | 2.57–89.5 m | 2.13–∞ m | 1.73–∞ m | 1.35–∞ m | 1.06–∞ m | 0.78–∞ m |
| 10 m | 3.46–∞ m | 2.70–∞ m | 2.09–∞ m | 1.56–∞ m | 1.19–∞ m | 0.85–∞ m |
| 20 m | 4.18–∞ m | 3.12–∞ m | 2.33–∞ m | 1.69–∞ m | 1.26–∞ m | 0.88–∞ m |
Each cell shows the near and far limits of acceptable sharpness.
Open the DoF calculator with this setup