Depth of field for the Nikon Nikkor Z 50mm f/1.8 S on the Nikon Z fc (1.53× crop, circle of confusion 0.020 mm). At 50 mm and f/8 the hyperfocal distance is 16.0 m — focus there and everything from 8.0 m to infinity is sharp.
Focal length
50 mm
77 mm FF equiv.
Hyperfocal @ f/8
16.0 m
52 ft
NPF wide open
3.8 s
f/1.8, 4.2 µm pixels
Horizontal FOV
26.5°
Depth of field chart at 50 mm
| Focus distance | f/2 | f/2.8 | f/4 | f/5.6 | f/8 | f/11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 m | 0.99–1.0 m | 0.98–1.0 m | 0.97–1.0 m | 0.96–1.0 m | 0.94–1.1 m | 0.92–1.1 m |
| 2 m | 1.94–2.1 m | 1.92–2.1 m | 1.88–2.1 m | 1.84–2.2 m | 1.78–2.3 m | 1.71–2.4 m |
| 3 m | 2.87–3.1 m | 2.82–3.2 m | 2.75–3.3 m | 2.66–3.4 m | 2.53–3.7 m | 2.39–4.0 m |
| 5 m | 4.64–5.4 m | 4.51–5.6 m | 4.33–5.9 m | 4.11–6.4 m | 3.82–7.3 m | 3.50–8.7 m |
| 10 m | 8.65–11.8 m | 8.21–12.8 m | 7.62–14.5 m | 6.96–17.8 m | 6.16–26.6 m | 5.38–70.4 m |
| 20 m | 15.24–29.1 m | 13.91–35.6 m | 12.30–53.4 m | 10.66–160.9 m | 8.89–∞ m | 7.35–∞ m |
Each cell shows the near and far limits of acceptable sharpness.
Open the DoF calculator with this setup