Depth of field for the Nikon Nikkor Z 20mm f/1.8 S on the Nikon Z 8 (1.00× crop, circle of confusion 0.030 mm). At 20 mm and f/8 the hyperfocal distance is 1.7 m — focus there and everything from 0.8 m to infinity is sharp.
Focal length
20 mm
20 mm FF equiv.
Hyperfocal @ f/8
1.7 m
6 ft
NPF wide open
9.7 s
f/1.8, 4.35 µm pixels
Horizontal FOV
84.0°
Depth of field chart at 20 mm
| Focus distance | f/2 | f/2.8 | f/4 | f/5.6 | f/8 | f/11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 m | 0.87–1.2 m | 0.83–1.3 m | 0.77–1.4 m | 0.71–1.7 m | 0.63–2.4 m | 0.55–5.2 m |
| 2 m | 1.54–2.8 m | 1.41–3.4 m | 1.25–4.9 m | 1.09–11.9 m | 0.91–∞ m | 0.76–∞ m |
| 3 m | 2.07–5.4 m | 1.85–8.0 m | 1.58–28.3 m | 1.33–∞ m | 1.08–∞ m | 0.87–∞ m |
| 5 m | 2.86–19.8 m | 2.44–∞ m | 2.00–∞ m | 1.62–∞ m | 1.25–∞ m | 0.98–∞ m |
| 10 m | 4.00–∞ m | 3.23–∞ m | 2.50–∞ m | 1.93–∞ m | 1.43–∞ m | 1.08–∞ m |
| 20 m | 5.00–∞ m | 3.85–∞ m | 2.86–∞ m | 2.13–∞ m | 1.54–∞ m | 1.14–∞ m |
Each cell shows the near and far limits of acceptable sharpness.
Open the DoF calculator with this setup