Depth of field for the OM 12-45mm F4.0 on the OM System OM-1 (2.00× crop, circle of confusion 0.015 mm). At 12 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
12 mm
24 mm FF equiv.
Hyperfocal @ f/8
1.2 m
4 ft
NPF wide open
20.0 s
f/4, 3.32 µm pixels
Horizontal FOV
73.7°
Depth of field chart at 12 mm
| Focus distance | f/4 | f/5.6 | f/8 | f/11 | f/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 m | 0.71–1.7 m | 0.63–2.4 m | 0.55–5.7 m | 0.47–∞ m | 0.38–∞ m |
| 2 m | 1.09–11.7 m | 0.93–∞ m | 0.75–∞ m | 0.61–∞ m | 0.46–∞ m |
| 3 m | 1.34–∞ m | 1.09–∞ m | 0.86–∞ m | 0.68–∞ m | 0.50–∞ m |
| 5 m | 1.62–∞ m | 1.28–∞ m | 0.97–∞ m | 0.74–∞ m | 0.54–∞ m |
| 10 m | 1.94–∞ m | 1.46–∞ m | 1.07–∞ m | 0.80–∞ m | 0.57–∞ m |
| 20 m | 2.14–∞ m | 1.58–∞ m | 1.13–∞ 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