Depth of field for the Sony E 16mm f/2.8 on the Sony Alpha 6600 (1.53× crop, circle of confusion 0.020 mm). At 16 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
16 mm
25 mm FF equiv.
Hyperfocal @ f/8
1.7 m
5 ft
NPF wide open
13.4 s
f/2.8, 3.89 µm pixels
Horizontal FOV
72.5°
Depth of field chart at 16 mm
| Focus distance | f/2.8 | f/4 | f/5.6 | f/8 | f/11 | f/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 m | 0.83–1.3 m | 0.77–1.4 m | 0.70–1.7 m | 0.62–2.5 m | 0.55–5.8 m | 0.45–∞ m |
| 2 m | 1.40–3.5 m | 1.25–5.1 m | 1.08–13.2 m | 0.90–∞ m | 0.75–∞ m | 0.58–∞ m |
| 3 m | 1.83–8.3 m | 1.57–34.0 m | 1.32–∞ m | 1.06–∞ m | 0.86–∞ m | 0.65–∞ m |
| 5 m | 2.42–∞ m | 1.98–∞ m | 1.60–∞ m | 1.24–∞ m | 0.96–∞ m | 0.71–∞ m |
| 10 m | 3.19–∞ m | 2.47–∞ m | 1.90–∞ m | 1.41–∞ m | 1.06–∞ m | 0.76–∞ m |
| 20 m | 3.79–∞ m | 2.81–∞ m | 2.09–∞ m | 1.51–∞ m | 1.12–∞ m | 0.79–∞ m |
Each cell shows the near and far limits of acceptable sharpness.
Open the DoF calculator with this setup