Depth of field for the Sony E 30mm f/3.5 Macro on the Sony Alpha 6300 (1.53× crop, circle of confusion 0.020 mm). At 30 mm and f/8 the hyperfocal distance is 5.8 m — focus there and everything from 2.9 m to infinity is sharp.
Focal length
30 mm
46 mm FF equiv.
Hyperfocal @ f/8
5.8 m
19 ft
NPF wide open
8.0 s
f/3.5, 3.89 µm pixels
Horizontal FOV
42.7°
Depth of field chart at 30 mm
| Focus distance | f/4 | f/5.6 | f/8 | f/11 | f/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 m | 0.92–1.1 m | 0.89–1.1 m | 0.86–1.2 m | 0.81–1.3 m | 0.75–1.5 m |
| 2 m | 1.71–2.4 m | 1.61–2.6 m | 1.49–3.0 m | 1.36–3.8 m | 1.19–6.3 m |
| 3 m | 2.38–4.0 m | 2.20–4.7 m | 1.98–6.2 m | 1.75–10.3 m | 1.48–∞ m |
| 5 m | 3.49–8.8 m | 3.12–12.7 m | 2.68–36.8 m | 2.29–∞ m | 1.83–∞ m |
| 10 m | 5.36–75.0 m | 4.52–∞ m | 3.66–∞ m | 2.96–∞ m | 2.24–∞ m |
| 20 m | 7.31–∞ m | 5.83–∞ m | 4.47–∞ m | 3.46–∞ m | 2.52–∞ m |
Each cell shows the near and far limits of acceptable sharpness.
Open the DoF calculator with this setup