Depth of field for the Sony E 30mm f/3.5 Macro on the Sony Alpha 7R IIIA (1.00× crop, circle of confusion 0.030 mm). At 30 mm and f/8 the hyperfocal distance is 3.8 m — focus there and everything from 1.9 m to infinity is sharp.
Focal length
30 mm
30 mm FF equiv.
Hyperfocal @ f/8
3.8 m
12 ft
NPF wide open
8.6 s
f/3.5, 4.51 µm pixels
Horizontal FOV
61.9°
Depth of field chart at 30 mm
| Focus distance | f/4 | f/5.6 | f/8 | f/11 | f/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 m | 0.89–1.1 m | 0.85–1.2 m | 0.79–1.3 m | 0.74–1.6 m | 0.66–2.1 m |
| 2 m | 1.58–2.7 m | 1.46–3.2 m | 1.31–4.2 m | 1.16–7.2 m | 0.98–∞ m |
| 3 m | 2.15–5.0 m | 1.93–6.7 m | 1.67–14.4 m | 1.44–∞ m | 1.16–∞ m |
| 5 m | 3.01–14.8 m | 2.59–69.2 m | 2.15–∞ m | 1.77–∞ m | 1.37–∞ m |
| 10 m | 4.29–∞ m | 3.50–∞ m | 2.73–∞ m | 2.15–∞ m | 1.58–∞ m |
| 20 m | 5.46–∞ m | 4.23–∞ m | 3.16–∞ m | 2.40–∞ m | 1.72–∞ m |
Each cell shows the near and far limits of acceptable sharpness.
Open the DoF calculator with this setup