Hyperfocal Distance calculator

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What is the Hyperfocal Distance?

The hyperfocal distance is the distance at which you set the focus of a lens, and everything half that distance up to infinity will be in focus. For example, using an 18mm focal length lens on an APS-C sensor camera such as the T2i/T3i/T4i/T5i with an aperture of 8, you get a hyperfocal distance of 2.27 meters. Which means that if you set the lens to focus at 2.27 meters, anything from 1.13 meters all the way up to infinity will be in focus.

What is a Circle of Confusion (for advanced users)

When you view a point through a lens, the point will render out as a blur spot instead of a point. The Circle of Confusion is the size of the blur spot which our eyes cannot distinguish from a point. On this site we use the d/1500 calculation, which represents resolving 5 lines per millimeter on a print measuring 30 cm in diagonal. (If you are not sure, select the camera make and model you are using.)

Instructions

To use this calculator, enter the following information:

1. Focal Length of lens in milimeters. For an 18mm lens, write 18 regardless of the crop factor of your camera. The app will take care of the crop factor in the calculations.
2. Aperture. For f/8, write 8.
3. Select a unit of measure, either Feet, Inches, Meters or Centimeters.
4. Select a Circle of Confusion. (If you are not sure, select the camera make and model you are using.)

Calculator

1. Focal Length:
2. Aperture:
3. Unit: Feet Inches Meters Centimeters

Hyperfocal Distance:
Depth of field: from to

4. Circle of Confusion:

Circle of Confusion (mm)	Camera examples
0.011	Nikon CX – Nikon 1 J1, J2, J3, S1, AW1, V1, V2, V3
0.015	Four Thirds and Micro Four Thirds – Olympus E-1, E-3, E-30, E300, E330, E410, E-420, E-450, E-500, E-510, E-520, E-620, PEN E-P1, PEN E-P2, PEN E-PL1, PEN E-PL2, PEN E-PL3, PEN E-PM1, OM-D E-M1, OM-D E-M5, OM-D E-M5, OM-D E-M10, PEN E-P3, PEN E-P5, PEN E-PL5, PEN Lite E-PL6, PEN E-PM2 – Panasonic DMC-L1, DMC-L10, DMC-G1, DMC-G2, DMC-G3, DMC, GH1, DMC-GF1, DMC-GF2, DMC-GF3, DMC-G5, DMC-G6, DMC-G10, DMC-GH2, DMC-GH3, DMC-GF5, DMC-GF6, DMC-GM1, DMC-GX1, DMC-GX7 – Leica Digilux 3
0.018	APS-C Canon – Canon Rebel 300D/Digital Rebel/Kiss Digital, 350D/XT/Kiss N, 400D/XTi/Kiss X, 1000D/XS/Kiss F, 450D/XSI/X2, 500D/T1i/X3, 550D/T2i/X4, 1100D/T3/X50, 600D/T3i/X5, 600D/T3i/X5, 650D/T4i/X6i, 1200D/T5/X70, 700D/T5i/X7i, D30, D60, 10D, 20D, 30D, 40D, 50D, 60D, 70D, 7D, 7D mark II, M, M2
0.019	APS-C Nikon / Pentax / Samsung / Sony – Nikon DX D50, D40, D40X, D60, D3000, D3100, D3200, D3300, D5000, D5100, D5200, D5300, D70, D70S, D80, D90, D7000, D7100, D100, D200, D300, D300S, D1, D1X, D1H, D2H, D2X, D2HS, D2XS – Pentax K-5, K-7, K20D, K-30, K-r, K-x – Samsung NX10, NX20, NX100, NX200, NX300 – Sony a33, a35, a37, a55, a57, a58, a65, a77, a100, a200, a230, a290, a300, a330, a380, a390, a450, a500, a550, a560, a580, a700, a3000, a3500, a5000, a6000, NEX-3, NEX-C3, NEX-F3, NEX-3N, NEX-5, NEX-5N, NEX-5R, NEX-5T, NEX-6, NEX-7
0.023	APS-H Canon – Canon 1D, 1D mark II, 1D Mark II N, 1D Mark III, 1D Mark IV
0.029	Full-frame 35mm – Canon EOS 6D, 5D, 5D mark II, 5D mark III, 1DS, 1DS mark II, 1DS mark III, 1D X – Nikon FX D600, D610, D700, D800, D800E, DF, D3, D3X, D3S, D4, D4S – Sony a7, a7 II, a7S, a7R, a850, a900, a99
0.047	Medium: 645 – 6×4.5
0.053	Medium: 6×6
0.059	Medium: 6×7
0.067	Medium: 6×9
0.083	Medium: 6×12
0.12	Medium: 6×17
0.11	Large: 4×5
0.15	Large: 5×7
0.22	Large: 8×10