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Is there a hyperfocal distance chart for APS-C lenses?

Here are real, computed hyperfocal distances for APS-C (the 1.5x-labeled Nikon/Sony/Fujifilm format, 1.53x computed crop factor) at two common landscape apertures, using this site's diagonal/1500 circle-of-confusion convention (0.0188mm):

APS-C (1.5x) hyperfocal distance by focal length

10mm
f/8: 0.68m — f/11: 0.49m
12mm
f/8: 0.97m — f/11: 0.71m
16mm
f/8: 1.72m — f/11: 1.25m
18mm
f/8: 2.17m — f/11: 1.58m
24mm
f/8: 3.85m — f/11: 2.81m
35mm
f/8: 8.18m — f/11: 5.96m

Why This Table Is Specific to One APS-C Size

These figures use the 1.53x-computed crop factor shared by Nikon, Sony and Fujifilm's APS-C sensors, not the very slightly smaller Canon APS-C format (1.61x computed), whose stricter circle of confusion produces marginally shorter hyperfocal distances at the identical real focal length and aperture. The gap is small — a few percent — but real, and it's exactly the kind of drift that makes a generic 'APS-C hyperfocal chart' from an unspecified source unreliable for precise field use.

The Pattern Worth Remembering

Just as on full frame, hyperfocal distance grows sharply with focal length here — 35mm's hyperfocal distance at f/8 is roughly twelve times 10mm's, even though the focal length only increased three-and-a-half times over. That nonlinear growth, driven by the f² term in the underlying formula, is why hyperfocal technique is almost exclusively a wide-angle tool regardless of sensor format.

Get an exact figure for your specific camera and aperture in the DoF & Hyperfocal Calculator rather than interpolating between chart rows.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does this chart apply to Canon's APS-C sensor?

Approximately, but not exactly — Canon's APS-C sensor is slightly smaller (1.61x computed crop factor against 1.53x here), which produces marginally shorter hyperfocal distances at the identical real focal length and aperture, a real if modest difference worth checking directly rather than assuming.

Why does the APS-C chart show shorter distances than the full-frame chart at the same focal length?

APS-C's smaller sensor uses a stricter circle of confusion, which on its own shortens hyperfocal distance at an identical real focal length and aperture — this is the correct, straightforward direction for this specific same-focal-length comparison, distinct from the equivalent-framing comparison used when discussing which format gives more forgiving depth of field for the same shot.