Depth of field for the Sony E 50mm f/1.8 OSS on the Sony Alpha 7R IVA (1.00× crop, circle of confusion 0.030 mm). At 50 mm and f/8 the hyperfocal distance is 10.5 m — focus there and everything from 5.2 m to infinity is sharp.
Focal length
50 mm
50 mm FF equiv.
Hyperfocal @ f/8
10.5 m
34 ft
NPF wide open
3.5 s
f/1.8, 3.76 µm pixels
Horizontal FOV
39.6°
Depth of field chart at 50 mm
| Focus distance | f/2 | f/2.8 | f/4 | f/5.6 | f/8 | f/11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 m | 0.98–1.0 m | 0.97–1.0 m | 0.96–1.0 m | 0.94–1.1 m | 0.92–1.1 m | 0.89–1.1 m |
| 2 m | 1.91–2.1 m | 1.88–2.1 m | 1.83–2.2 m | 1.77–2.3 m | 1.68–2.5 m | 1.59–2.7 m |
| 3 m | 2.80–3.2 m | 2.73–3.3 m | 2.63–3.5 m | 2.50–3.7 m | 2.34–4.2 m | 2.16–4.9 m |
| 5 m | 4.47–5.7 m | 4.29–6.0 m | 4.04–6.6 m | 3.75–7.5 m | 3.39–9.5 m | 3.02–14.4 m |
| 10 m | 8.07–13.1 m | 7.49–15.0 m | 6.77–19.1 m | 5.99–30.2 m | 5.11–223.2 m | 4.32–∞ m |
| 20 m | 13.52–38.4 m | 11.97–60.7 m | 10.22–471.7 m | 8.54–∞ m | 6.86–∞ m | 5.50–∞ m |
Each cell shows the near and far limits of acceptable sharpness.
Open the DoF calculator with this setup