Nikon Df Specs, Sensor Size & Crop Factor

Q: What is the crop factor of the Nikon Df?

The Nikon Df has a crop factor of 1.00× relative to 35 mm full frame (diagonal 43.2 mm vs 43.3 mm).

1.00×

Crop factor

36.0×23.9 mm

Sensor size

860 mm²

Area · 100% of full frame

16.2 MP

Resolution

7.31 µm

Pixel pitch

f/10.9

Diffraction-limited aperture

2013

Release year

Specifications#

Brand: Nikon
Model: Df
Camera type: DSLR
Released: 2013-11-05
Lens mount: Nikon F
Sensor size: 36.0 × 23.9 mm (Full frame (35 mm))
Crop factor: 1.00×
Resolution: 16.2 MP (4,928 × 3,280 px)
Continuous shooting: 5.5 fps
Weight: 710 g (25.0 oz)
Sensor: 36.0 mm × 23.9 mm CMOS, Nikon FX format, 7.3 µm pixel size
Storage: One SD, SDHC, SDXC compatible
Viewfinder: Optical-type fixed eye level pentaprism
AF points / area: 39-area Nikon Advanced Multi-CAM 4800
Metering: TTL exposure metering using 2,016-pixel RGB sensor
Exposure modes: Programmed Auto [P], Shutter-Priority Auto [S], Aperture-Priority Auto [A], Manual [M]
Shutter: Electronically controlled vertical-travel focal-plane shutter
Flash: none built-in
Battery: Li-ion EN-EL14a or EN-EL14
Lens: Interchangeable, Nikon F-mount
Successor: Nikon Zfc; Nikon Zf
Production: 2013-11-05 through 2021-04; (7 years 5 months)
Drive: 5.5 frame/s

Specifications merged from Wikipedia, Wikidata, Lensfun and openMVG. Spot an error? Tell us.

Sensor size compared#

The Nikon Df sensor (highlighted) drawn to scale against common formats. Its area is 100% of a full-frame sensor.

Focal length equivalents & field of view#

Multiply any focal length by 1.00 to get the full-frame field of view. Angles are for a rectilinear lens focused at infinity.

Lens on this camera	Full-frame equivalent	Horizontal	Vertical	Diagonal
10 mm	10 mm	121.9°	100.2°	130.3°
12 mm	12 mm	112.6°	89.8°	121.9°
14 mm	14 mm	104.3°	81.0°	114.1°
16 mm	16 mm	96.7°	73.5°	107.0°
18 mm	18 mm	90.0°	67.2°	100.4°
20 mm	20 mm	84.0°	61.7°	94.4°
24 mm	24 mm	73.7°	52.9°	84.0°
28 mm	28 mm	65.5°	46.2°	75.3°
35 mm	35 mm	54.4°	37.7°	63.4°
40 mm	40 mm	48.5°	33.3°	56.8°
50 mm	50 mm	39.6°	26.9°	46.7°
56 mm	56 mm	35.6°	24.1°	42.2°
70 mm	70 mm	28.8°	19.4°	34.3°
85 mm	85 mm	23.9°	16.0°	28.5°
100 mm	100 mm	20.4°	13.6°	24.4°
135 mm	135 mm	15.2°	10.1°	18.2°
200 mm	200 mm	10.3°	6.8°	12.3°
300 mm	300 mm	6.9°	4.6°	8.2°
400 mm	401 mm	5.2°	3.4°	6.2°
600 mm	601 mm	3.4°	2.3°	4.1°
800 mm	801 mm	2.6°	1.7°	3.1°

Depth of field table#

Total depth of field at each subject distance, using a circle of confusion of 30.0 µm (the 0.030 mm full-frame standard scaled by the crop factor). Detailed tables: 24 mm f/1.8, 24 mm f/2.8, 35 mm f/1.8, 35 mm f/2.8, 50 mm f/1.8, 50 mm f/2.8.

Focal	Aperture	50.0 cm	1.00 m	2.00 m	3.00 m	5.00 m	10.0 m	Hyperfocal
22 mm	f/1.8	5.3 cm	22.1 cm	92.7 cm	2.24 m	8.01 m	∞	9.00 m
22 mm	f/2.8	8.3 cm	34.9 cm	1.55 m	4.22 m	33.8 m	∞	5.79 m
22 mm	f/4	12.0 cm	51.5 cm	2.58 m	9.70 m	∞	∞	4.06 m
22 mm	f/8	25.1 cm	1.27 m	96.9 m	∞	∞	∞	2.04 m
43 mm	f/1.8	1.3 cm	5.6 cm	22.9 cm	52.1 cm	1.48 m	6.34 m	34.3 m
43 mm	f/2.8	2.1 cm	8.7 cm	35.8 cm	82.0 cm	2.37 m	11.4 m	22.1 m
43 mm	f/4	3.0 cm	12.5 cm	51.6 cm	1.19 m	3.58 m	22.1 m	15.5 m
43 mm	f/8	5.9 cm	25.2 cm	1.08 m	2.70 m	10.9 m	∞	7.76 m
73 mm	f/1.8	0.4 cm	1.9 cm	7.8 cm	17.8 cm	50.0 cm	2.03 m	98.9 m
73 mm	f/2.8	0.7 cm	2.9 cm	12.1 cm	27.7 cm	78.0 cm	3.20 m	63.6 m
73 mm	f/4	1.0 cm	4.2 cm	17.4 cm	39.7 cm	1.12 m	4.70 m	44.5 m
73 mm	f/8	1.9 cm	8.4 cm	34.9 cm	80.4 cm	2.33 m	11.2 m	22.3 m
120 mm	f/1.8	0.1 cm	0.7 cm	2.8 cm	6.5 cm	18.3 cm	74.1 cm	267 m
120 mm	f/2.8	0.2 cm	1.0 cm	4.4 cm	10.1 cm	28.5 cm	1.16 m	172 m
120 mm	f/4	0.3 cm	1.5 cm	6.3 cm	14.4 cm	40.7 cm	1.66 m	120 m
120 mm	f/8	0.6 cm	2.9 cm	12.5 cm	28.8 cm	81.8 cm	3.38 m	60.2 m

Equivalent aperture#

Exposure is identical at the same f-number on any format; equivalence only describes depth of field and total light.

Aperture on this camera	Full-frame equivalent (depth of field)	Hyperfocal at 43 mm
f/1.2	f/1.2	51.5 m
f/1.4	f/1.4	44.1 m
f/1.8	f/1.8	34.3 m
f/2	f/2.0	30.9 m
f/2.8	f/2.8	22.1 m
f/4	f/4.0	15.5 m
f/5.6	f/5.6	11.1 m
f/8	f/8.0	7.76 m

Diffraction & pixel pitch#

With 7.31 µm pixels, diffraction starts to soften pixel-level detail around f/10.9. For maximum sharpness keep landscapes between f/6.0 and f/11; stopping down further trades detail for depth of field.

Aperture	Airy disk diameter	Spread over	At 100% view
f/2.8	3.8 µm	0.5 px	sharp
f/4	5.4 µm	0.7 px	sharp
f/5.6	7.5 µm	1.0 px	sharp
f/8	10.7 µm	1.5 px	sharp
f/11	14.8 µm	2.0 px	slight softening
f/16	21.5 µm	2.9 px	slight softening
f/22	29.5 µm	4.0 px	visibly soft

Maximum print sizes#

At 16.2 MP the Nikon Df produces 4,928 × 3,280 pixel images. See the 16 megapixel guide or the print size calculator.

Resolution	Typical use	Inches	Centimetres
300 DPI	Photo-lab quality	16.4 × 10.9 in	42 × 28 cm
240 DPI	Fine-art inkjet	20.5 × 13.7 in	52 × 35 cm
200 DPI	Wall print	24.6 × 16.4 in	63 × 42 cm
150 DPI	Poster, viewed from 1 m+	32.9 × 21.9 in	83 × 56 cm

Night-sky exposure limits#

Longest exposure before stars trail. The NPF rule accounts for pixel pitch and is stricter than the classic 500 rule — use it for pin-sharp stars on high-resolution sensors.

Focal length	500 rule	NPF f/1.8	NPF f/2.8	NPF f/4
14 mm (14 mm eq.)	35.7 s	20.2 s	22.7 s	25.7 s
20 mm (20 mm eq.)	25.0 s	14.1 s	15.9 s	18.0 s
24 mm (24 mm eq.)	20.8 s	11.8 s	13.2 s	15.0 s
35 mm (35 mm eq.)	14.3 s	8.1 s	9.1 s	10.3 s
50 mm (50 mm eq.)	10.0 s	5.6 s	6.3 s	7.2 s

Open the NPF / 500 rule calculator →

Handheld shutter speed guide#

The reciprocal rule uses the equivalent focal length. High-resolution sensors may need one stop faster than this for pixel-sharp results.

Focal length	No stabilisation (1/equiv. focal)	With 3-stop IS	With 5-stop IBIS
24 mm	1/25 s	0.3 s	1.3 s
50 mm	1/50 s	1/6 s	0.6 s
100 mm	1/100 s	1/13 s	0.3 s
200 mm	1/200 s	1/25 s	1/6 s

Lenses for the Nikon Df#

Native Nikon F lenses in our database (319 total). Also adaptable: T-mount (T2), M42 screw mount, Deckel (DKL), Tamron Adaptall, M39 / LTM (Leica thread).

Samyang 8mm f/3.5 Fish-Eye CS 8 mm
Samyang 10mm f/2.8 ED AS NCS CS 10 mm
Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D 12 mm
Samyang 12mm f/2.8 Fish-Eye ED AS NCS 12 mm
Samyang 14mm f/2.8 AE ED AS IF UMC 14 mm
Samyang AF 14mm f/2.8 14 mm
Sigma 14mm f/1.8 DG HSM | A 14 mm
Laowa 15mm F/4 Wide Angle Macro 15 mm
Samyang 16mm f/2.0 ED AS UMC CS 16 mm
Samyang 20mm f/1.8 ED AS UMC 20 mm
Samyang 24mm f/1.4 ED AS IF UMC 24 mm
Samyang T-S 24mm f/3.5 ED AS UMC 24 mm
Sigma 24mm f/1.4 DG HSM | A 24 mm
Sigma 28mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art 28 mm
Sigma 40mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art 40 mm
Laowa 60mm f/2.8 2X Ultra-Macro 60 mm
Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 DG OS HSM | S 70–200 mm
Samyang 85mm f/1.4 IF UMC Aspherical 85 mm
Sigma 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM | C 100–400 mm
Sigma 100-400mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM | C +1.4x ext. 100–400 mm
Sigma 105 mm F1.4 DG HSM Art 105 mm
Samyang 135mm f/2 ED UMC 135 mm
Sigma 4.5mm f/2.8 EX DC HSM circular fisheye 4.5 mm
Nikon Nikkor AI-S 6mm f/2.8 Fisheye 6 mm
Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 DC HSM 8–16 mm
Sigma 8mm f/3.5 EX DG circular fisheye 8 mm
Nikon Nikkor AF-P 10-20mm f/4.5-5.6G DX VR 10–20 mm
Nikon Nikkor AF-S 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5G DX ED 10–24 mm
Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5 EX DC HSM 10–20 mm
Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC 10–20 mm
Sigma 10mm f/2.8 EX DC Fisheye HSM 10 mm
Tamron 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5 Di II VC HLD 10–24 mm
Tamron SP AF 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) 10–24 mm
Nikon Nikkor AF 10.5mm f/2.8G DX ED Fisheye 10.5 mm
Tamron SP AF 11-18mm f/4.5-5.6 Di-II LD Aspherical (IF) 11–18 mm
Tokina AF 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X Pro DX 11–16 mm

Similar cameras#

Other Full frame (35 mm) cameras from around the same time.

Frequently asked questions#

What is the crop factor of the Nikon Df?

The Nikon Df has a crop factor of 1.00× relative to 35 mm full frame (diagonal 43.2 mm vs 43.3 mm).

What size is the Nikon Df sensor?

36.0 × 23.9 mm (Full frame (35 mm)), an area of 860 mm² — 100% of full frame.

Is the Nikon Df full frame?

Yes — its sensor is the same 36 × 24 mm size as 35 mm film.

How many megapixels does the Nikon Df have?

16.2 megapixels (4,928 × 3,280 pixels), enough for a 16 × 11 inch print at 300 DPI.

What lens mount does the Nikon Df use?

The Nikon Df uses the Nikon F (flange distance 46.50 mm).

How long can I expose the night sky with the Nikon Df?

With a 20 mm lens (20 mm equivalent) the 500 rule gives 25 s and the stricter NPF rule at f/2.8 gives 16 s.

Sources & licences#

Last updated October 03, 2026 · How we calculate · Sources