Depth of field for the Panasonic Lumix S 20-60mm f/3.5-5.6 on the Panasonic DC-S1 (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
15.1 s
f/3.5, 5.98 µm pixels
Horizontal FOV
84.0°
Depth of field chart at 20 mm
| Focus distance | f/4 | f/5.6 | f/8 | f/11 | f/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 m | 0.77–1.4 m | 0.71–1.7 m | 0.63–2.4 m | 0.55–5.2 m | 0.46–∞ m |
| 2 m | 1.25–4.9 m | 1.09–11.9 m | 0.91–∞ m | 0.76–∞ m | 0.59–∞ m |
| 3 m | 1.58–28.3 m | 1.33–∞ m | 1.08–∞ m | 0.87–∞ m | 0.66–∞ m |
| 5 m | 2.00–∞ m | 1.62–∞ m | 1.25–∞ m | 0.98–∞ m | 0.72–∞ m |
| 10 m | 2.50–∞ m | 1.93–∞ m | 1.43–∞ m | 1.08–∞ m | 0.77–∞ m |
| 20 m | 2.86–∞ m | 2.13–∞ m | 1.54–∞ m | 1.14–∞ m | 0.80–∞ m |
Each cell shows the near and far limits of acceptable sharpness.
Open the DoF calculator with this setup