The invention relates to a device for determining the distance of an object in local resolution mode, using a frequency-shifted feedback radiation source for irradiating the object with radiation that can be used to determine distance and using a position-sensitive object recording sensor. According to the invention, the frequency-shifted feedback laser for irradiating the object is equipped with an element for increasing the beat intensity of the emission frequency component and the position-sensitive object recording sensor is configured to record the beat intensity of the object and not the incoming radiation from the object.