A distance measuring method, in particular for a laser distance measuring apparatus, especially configured as a laser tracker, tachymeter, laser scanner, or profiler, for determining a distance to a target object comprising • emitting transmission signals, in particular pulsed transmission signals, as a transmission signal series, • receiving at least portions of the transmission signals of the transmission signal series reflected at the target object as reception signals (16A, 16B) of a reception signal series, • digitizing the reception signals of the reception signal series into digital signals (11, 14A, 14B) of a digital signal series by means of an analog-to-digital converter, referred to hereinafter as ADC, in particular of the interleaved ADC or pipelined ADC type, with an ADC sampling pattern generated by at least two ADC conversion stages (22A, 22B, 22C, 22D), and • processing the digital signal series in order to derive the distance to the target object therefrom, in particular wherein the determination of the distance is based on the pulse time-of-flight method, wherein • the ADC sampling pattern defines with respect to a reception signal an initial signal sampling pattern with at least one initial sampling point (20, 20A, 20B) of the reception signal, and • the reception signals of the reception signal series are temporally shifted relative to the ADC sampling pattern by means of a first temporal shift in such a way that the at least one initial sampling point (20, 20A, 20B) is detected at least once by a first ADC conversion stage (22A, 22B, 22C, 22D) and at least once by a second ADC conversion stage (22A, 22B, 22C, 22D), in particular wherein the reception signals of the reception signal series are additionally temporally shifted relative to the ADC sampling pattern by means of a second temporal shift such that in a defined sampling range around the at least one initial sampling point (20, 20A, 20B) a multiplicity of secondary sampling points of the reception signals arise, said secondary sampling points being shifted in each case by a fraction of the period duration of the ADC clock signal, and this results in the sampling of different signal positions around the at least one initial sampling point (20, 20A, 20B) with a varying signal value. • emitting transmission signals, in particular pulsed transmission signals, as a transmission signal series, • receiving at least portions of the transmission signals of the transmission signal series reflected at the target object as reception signals (16A, 16B) of a reception signal series, • digitizing the reception signals of the reception signal series into digital signals (11, 14A, 14B) of a digital signal series by means of an analog-to-digital converter, referred to hereinafter as ADC, in particular of the interleaved ADC or pipelined ADC type, with an ADC sampling pattern generated by at least two ADC conversion stages (22A, 22B, 22C, 22D), and • processing the digital signal series in order to derive the distance to the target object therefrom, in particular wherein the determination of the distance is based on the pulse time-of-flight method, • the ADC sampling pattern defines with respect to a reception signal an initial signal sampling pattern with at least one initial sampling point (20, 20A, 20B) of the reception signal, and • the reception signals of the reception signal series are temporally shifted relative to the ADC sampling pattern by means of a first temporal shift in such a way that the at least one initial sampling point (20, 20A, 20B) is detected at least once by a first ADC conversion stage (22A, 22B, 22C, 22D) and at least once by a second ADC conversion stage (22A, 22B, 22C, 22D),