Depth of field for the Nikon Nikkor AF-S 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED on the Nikon D6 (1.00× crop, circle of confusion 0.030 mm). At 17 mm and f/8 the hyperfocal distance is 1.2 m — focus there and everything from 0.6 m to infinity is sharp.
Focal length
17 mm
17 mm FF equiv.
Hyperfocal @ f/8
1.2 m
4 ft
NPF wide open
17.1 s
f/2.8, 6.45 µm pixels
Horizontal FOV
93.3°
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 | 0.78–1.4 m | 0.71–1.7 m | 0.64–2.3 m | 0.55–5.4 m | 0.47–∞ m | 0.38–∞ m |
| 2 m | 1.27–4.7 m | 1.10–11.3 m | 0.93–∞ m | 0.76–∞ m | 0.61–∞ m | 0.47–∞ m |
| 3 m | 1.61–22.6 m | 1.34–∞ m | 1.10–∞ m | 0.86–∞ m | 0.68–∞ m | 0.50–∞ m |
| 5 m | 2.04–∞ m | 1.63–∞ m | 1.28–∞ m | 0.97–∞ m | 0.75–∞ m | 0.54–∞ m |
| 10 m | 2.56–∞ m | 1.94–∞ m | 1.47–∞ m | 1.08–∞ m | 0.81–∞ m | 0.57–∞ m |
| 20 m | 2.94–∞ m | 2.15–∞ m | 1.59–∞ m | 1.14–∞ m | 0.84–∞ m | 0.58–∞ m |
Each cell shows the near and far limits of acceptable sharpness.
Open the DoF calculator with this setup