Depth of field for the Sony E 55-210mm f/4.5-6.3 OSS on the Sony Alpha 9 (1.00× crop, circle of confusion 0.030 mm). At 55 mm and f/8 the hyperfocal distance is 12.7 m — focus there and everything from 6.3 m to infinity is sharp.
Focal length
55 mm
55 mm FF equiv.
Hyperfocal @ f/8
12.7 m
42 ft
NPF wide open
6.1 s
f/4.5, 5.98 µm pixels
Horizontal FOV
36.2°
Depth of field chart at 55 mm
| Focus distance | f/5.6 | f/8 | f/11 | f/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 m | 0.95–1.1 m | 0.93–1.1 m | 0.91–1.1 m | 0.87–1.2 m |
| 2 m | 1.81–2.2 m | 1.73–2.4 m | 1.65–2.5 m | 1.53–2.9 m |
| 3 m | 2.58–3.6 m | 2.43–3.9 m | 2.27–4.4 m | 2.04–5.6 m |
| 5 m | 3.92–6.9 m | 3.59–8.2 m | 3.25–10.9 m | 2.80–23.2 m |
| 10 m | 6.44–22.3 m | 5.59–47.4 m | 4.80–∞ m | 3.88–∞ m |
| 20 m | 9.49–∞ m | 7.74–∞ m | 6.30–∞ m | 4.80–∞ m |
Each cell shows the near and far limits of acceptable sharpness.
Open the DoF calculator with this setup