Depth of Field Tables & Calculator for Every Lens

Depth of field calculator#

Sensor / format Focal length mm Aperture f/ Subject distance m

Near limit—

Far limit—

Depth of field—

Hyperfocal distance—

In front / behind—

Full frame: hyperfocal distances#

Click any value for the full depth-of-field table (CoC 30 µm).

Focal	f/1.4	f/1.8	f/2.8	f/4	f/5.6	f/8	f/11	f/16
14 mm	—	3.64 m	2.35 m	1.65 m	1.18 m	83.1 cm	60.8 cm	42.2 cm
16 mm	6.11 m	4.76 m	3.06 m	2.15 m	1.54 m	1.08 m	79.2 cm	54.9 cm
20 mm	9.54 m	7.43 m	4.78 m	3.35 m	2.40 m	1.69 m	1.23 m	85.3 cm
24 mm	13.7 m	10.7 m	6.88 m	4.82 m	3.45 m	2.42 m	1.77 m	1.22 m
28 mm	18.7 m	14.5 m	9.36 m	6.56 m	4.69 m	3.29 m	2.40 m	1.66 m
35 mm	29.2 m	22.7 m	14.6 m	10.2 m	7.33 m	5.14 m	3.75 m	2.59 m
40 mm	38.1 m	29.7 m	19.1 m	13.4 m	9.56 m	6.71 m	4.89 m	3.37 m
50 mm	59.6 m	46.3 m	29.8 m	20.9 m	14.9 m	10.5 m	7.63 m	5.26 m
85 mm	172 m	134 m	86.1 m	60.3 m	43.1 m	30.2 m	22.0 m	15.1 m
105 mm	263 m	204 m	131 m	92.0 m	65.7 m	46.0 m	33.5 m	23.1 m
135 mm	—	338 m	217 m	152 m	109 m	76.1 m	55.4 m	38.1 m
200 mm	—	—	476 m	334 m	238 m	167 m	121 m	83.5 m
300 mm	—	—	1.1 km	750 m	536 m	375 m	273 m	—
400 mm	—	—	1.9 km	1.3 km	953 m	667 m	485 m	—
600 mm	—	—	—	3.0 km	2.1 km	1.5 km	1.1 km	—

APS-C: hyperfocal distances#

Click any value for the full depth-of-field table (CoC 20 µm).

Focal	f/1.4	f/1.8	f/2.8	f/4	f/5.6	f/8	f/11	f/16
14 mm	—	5.46 m	3.51 m	2.46 m	1.76 m	1.24 m	90.5 cm	62.6 cm
16 mm	9.16 m	7.13 m	4.59 m	3.22 m	2.30 m	1.62 m	1.18 m	81.6 cm
20 mm	14.3 m	11.1 m	7.16 m	5.02 m	3.59 m	2.52 m	1.84 m	1.27 m
24 mm	20.6 m	16.0 m	10.3 m	7.22 m	5.17 m	3.62 m	2.64 m	1.82 m
28 mm	28.0 m	21.8 m	14.0 m	9.83 m	7.03 m	4.93 m	3.59 m	2.48 m
35 mm	43.8 m	34.1 m	21.9 m	15.3 m	11.0 m	7.69 m	5.60 m	3.86 m
40 mm	57.2 m	44.5 m	28.6 m	20.0 m	14.3 m	10.0 m	7.31 m	5.04 m
50 mm	89.3 m	69.5 m	44.7 m	31.3 m	22.4 m	15.7 m	11.4 m	7.86 m
85 mm	258 m	201 m	129 m	90.4 m	64.6 m	45.2 m	32.9 m	22.7 m
105 mm	394 m	306 m	197 m	138 m	98.5 m	69.0 m	50.2 m	34.6 m
135 mm	—	506 m	326 m	228 m	163 m	114 m	83.0 m	57.1 m
200 mm	—	—	714 m	500 m	357 m	250 m	182 m	125 m
300 mm	—	—	1.6 km	1.1 km	804 m	563 m	409 m	—
400 mm	—	—	2.9 km	2.0 km	1.4 km	1.0 km	728 m	—
600 mm	—	—	—	4.5 km	3.2 km	2.3 km	1.6 km	—

Micro Four Thirds: hyperfocal distances#

Click any value for the full depth-of-field table (CoC 15 µm).

Focal	f/1.4	f/1.8	f/2.8	f/4	f/5.6	f/8	f/11	f/16
14 mm	—	7.27 m	4.68 m	3.28 m	2.35 m	1.65 m	1.20 m	83.1 cm
16 mm	12.2 m	9.50 m	6.11 m	4.28 m	3.06 m	2.15 m	1.57 m	1.08 m
20 mm	19.1 m	14.8 m	9.54 m	6.69 m	4.78 m	3.35 m	2.44 m	1.69 m
24 mm	27.5 m	21.4 m	13.7 m	9.62 m	6.88 m	4.82 m	3.51 m	2.42 m
28 mm	37.4 m	29.1 m	18.7 m	13.1 m	9.36 m	6.56 m	4.78 m	3.29 m
35 mm	58.4 m	45.4 m	29.2 m	20.5 m	14.6 m	10.2 m	7.46 m	5.14 m
40 mm	76.2 m	59.3 m	38.1 m	26.7 m	19.1 m	13.4 m	9.74 m	6.71 m
50 mm	119 m	92.6 m	59.6 m	41.7 m	29.8 m	20.9 m	15.2 m	10.5 m
85 mm	344 m	268 m	172 m	121 m	86.1 m	60.3 m	43.9 m	30.2 m
105 mm	525 m	408 m	263 m	184 m	131 m	92.0 m	66.9 m	46.0 m
135 mm	—	675 m	434 m	304 m	217 m	152 m	111 m	76.1 m
200 mm	—	—	953 m	667 m	476 m	334 m	243 m	167 m
300 mm	—	—	2.1 km	1.5 km	1.1 km	750 m	546 m	—
400 mm	—	—	3.8 km	2.7 km	1.9 km	1.3 km	970 m	—
600 mm	—	—	—	6.0 km	4.3 km	3.0 km	2.2 km	—

How depth of field works#

Depth of field (DoF) is the range of distances that look acceptably sharp. It grows when you stop down (larger f-number), step back or use a shorter focal length, and shrinks on larger sensors at the same framing. Focusing at the hyperfocal distance makes everything from half that distance to infinity acceptably sharp — the landscape photographer's shortcut.

All tables use the thin-lens formulas with a circle of confusion of 0.030 mm for full frame, scaled by crop factor — the same convention used by lens depth-of-field scales.

Depth of field tables

Depth of field calculator#

Full frame: hyperfocal distances#

APS-C: hyperfocal distances#

Micro Four Thirds: hyperfocal distances#

How depth of field works#