Fujinon CM-W 300mm f/5.6

Fujinon CM-W 300mm f/5.6 is the modern Fujinon 8×10 normal flagship — CM-W at the standard 8×10 normal focal length.

Key features

• Mount: Copal 3 shutter (1s to 1/125, X-sync at all speeds)
• Focal length: 300mm
• Maximum aperture: f/5.6
• Image circle: ~380mm at f/22 — covers 8×10 with movements; covers 11×14 tightly
• Optical formula: Compact plasmat with EBC multi-coating
• EBC multi-coating standard
• Heavy — Copal 3

Use case + rendering

The 300 CM-W is the modern 8×10 universal normal Fujinon flagship — direct competitor to the Schneider Apo-Symmar 300 / Rodenstock Apo-Sironar-N 300. Multi-coating gives clean color rendering on E-6 transparency film.

Compatible cameras

• 8×10 view cameras with Copal 3 lens-board capacity
• 4×5 view cameras can mount this lens for long-tele use

Related lenses

• Fujinon CM-W 250mm f/6.3 — wider CM-W sibling
• Fujinon CM-W 360mm f/6.5 — longer CM-W sibling
• Fujinon W 300mm f/5.6 — earlier W predecessor
• Schneider Apo-Symmar 300mm f/5.6 — Schneider equivalent