Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 DC HSM Specs & DoF

8–16 mm

Focal length

f/4.5–5.6

Maximum aperture

121°–83°

Diagonal angle of view (APS-C)

APS-C

Designed for

2.0×

Zoom ratio

Specifications#

Brand: Sigma
Model: 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 DC HSM
Lens type: Wide-angle zoom
Focal length: 8–16 mm
Maximum aperture: f/4.5–5.6
Image circle: APS-C (23.5×15.6 mm)
Mount(s): Sigma SA, Canon EF, Nikon F, Pentax K, Sony / Minolta A-mount
Projection: Rectilinear
Autofocus motor: hypersonic (HSM)
Lensfun correction profile: Yes — distortion/vignetting/TCA

Equivalent focal length on different cameras#

Field of view and depth-of-field equivalence when this lens is used on bodies with different sensor sizes (natively or via an adapter).

Camera format	At 8 mm	At 11 mm	At 16 mm	Equiv. aperture (DoF)
APS-C	12 mm · 121°	16 mm · 104°	24 mm · 83°	f/6.8
APS-C (Canon)	13 mm · 118°	18 mm · 101°	26 mm · 80°	f/7.2
Micro Four Thirds	16 mm · 107°	22 mm · 89°	32 mm · 68°	f/9.0

Depth of field & background blur#

Computed on its native APS-C format (CoC 20 µm). “Blur @2 m” is the size of an out-of-focus point at infinity, as a percentage of frame width, with the subject at 2 m — a simple bokeh index. Full table: 14 mm f/5.6 on aps-c.

Focal	Aperture	at 1 m	at 2 m	at 5 m	at 10 m	Hyperfocal	Blur @2 m
8 mm	f/4.5	∞	∞	∞	∞	73.5 cm	0.0%
8 mm	f/8	∞	∞	∞	∞	41.7 cm	0.0%
11 mm	f/4.5	2.98 m	∞	∞	∞	1.39 m	0.1%
11 mm	f/8	∞	∞	∞	∞	78.4 cm	0.0%
16 mm	f/4.5	76.4 cm	5.10 m	∞	∞	2.92 m	0.1%
16 mm	f/8	1.88 m	∞	∞	∞	1.65 m	0.1%

Handheld & night-sky limits#

NPF assumes typical 20–24 MP sensors (≈6 µm pixels on full frame, ≈3.9 µm on APS-C, ≈3.3 µm on Micro Four Thirds).

Body	Min. handheld shutter (longest focal)	500 rule at 8 mm	NPF at 8 mm, f/4.5
APS-C	1/25 s	42 s	34 s
APS-C (Canon)	1/25 s	39 s	34 s
Micro Four Thirds	1/30 s	31 s	32 s

Compatible cameras#

Bodies in our database with a native Sigma SA, Canon EF, Nikon F, Pentax K and Sony / Minolta A-mount mount. Full-frame bodies switch to an APS-C crop with this lens.