Depth of field for the Sony E 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS on the Sony Alpha 6500 (1.53× crop, circle of confusion 0.020 mm). At 18 mm and f/8 the hyperfocal distance is 2.1 m — focus there and everything from 1.0 m to infinity is sharp.
Focal length
18 mm
28 mm FF equiv.
Hyperfocal @ f/8
2.1 m
7 ft
NPF wide open
13.3 s
f/3.5, 3.89 µm pixels
Horizontal FOV
66.2°
Depth of field chart at 18 mm
| Focus distance | f/4 | f/5.6 | f/8 | f/11 | f/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 m | 0.81–1.3 m | 0.75–1.5 m | 0.68–1.9 m | 0.61–2.9 m | 0.51–19.4 m |
| 2 m | 1.35–3.8 m | 1.20–6.1 m | 1.02–46.6 m | 0.86–∞ m | 0.69–∞ m |
| 3 m | 1.74–10.7 m | 1.49–∞ m | 1.23–∞ m | 1.01–∞ m | 0.77–∞ m |
| 5 m | 2.27–∞ m | 1.86–∞ m | 1.47–∞ m | 1.16–∞ m | 0.86–∞ m |
| 10 m | 2.93–∞ m | 2.29–∞ m | 1.72–∞ m | 1.31–∞ m | 0.94–∞ m |
| 20 m | 3.43–∞ m | 2.58–∞ m | 1.88–∞ m | 1.40–∞ m | 0.99–∞ m |
Each cell shows the near and far limits of acceptable sharpness.
Open the DoF calculator with this setup